Creative Ideas for Cookie Cutters

1. Cheesecake! Make your cheesecake in a jelly roll pan then cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
2. Brownies! Same as above.
3. Fudge-- Line cookie sheet with wax paper and cut with cutters when fudge is semi-set (soft but not hard)
4. Ice Cream--Let warm at room temp then spread in a jelly roll pan. Put it back into the freezer and when it sets, cut!
5. Sticky Rice -- Pack cold rice into a cutter then use a spatula to transfer to a cookie sheet. Unmold and reheat in the microwave.
6. Jello Jigglers.
7. Trace outlines for T-shirt iron-ons
8. Trace quilt pieces.
9. Use as stencils and make your own Christmas wrapping paper.
10. Scrapbooking
11. Cake decorating - Press into icing to make outline of desired shape.
12. Hang them on the wall.
13. Use them to fill all those leftover baskets
14. Cut cheese for appetizer trays.
15. Pour pancake batter into them after you set them on your griddle (spray oil on cutter first)
16. Hang them on your Christmas tree.
17. Make ornaments for your tree. (see recipes Salt Dough Ornaments and Cinnamon Ornaments)
18. Cut out gum paste or fondant patterns for cake decorating.
19. Outline cutter on cardboard, cut out, tape to cutter, fill with jelly beans, wrap in plastic wrap and give as a gift!

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