Homemade cookies - what can be tastier and more interesting, especially if there are children in the house? With what joy the kids take their mother’s words: “Today we will bake cookies!” With what rapture they help knead the dough, and then cut out the cookies! That is why every
good mother should have at home a wide variety of
cookie cutters. Fortunately, in our time it is not difficult to purchase them: in almost every specialized store or even in a simple household such molds are a huge choice. You can find it for every taste: plastic ones with special handles for holding, and metal ones for flat cookies or three-dimensional, in the form of figures of animals, letters, numbers and even thematic, for example, for New Year and Christmas.
Do-it-yourself cookie cutters? Easy!
But what to do if you want cookies, but there are no cookie cutters at hand? Or is it, but not as it should be? In this case, do not despair at all, you can make the desired shape yourself. To do this, you need a can, for example, from condensed milk, scissors, cardboard and a pencil. On the cardboard, draw the desired shape: key, heart, Christmas tree - and cut it out. Cut a tin strip from the washed can, then gently bending it to give it the desired shape. You should be careful not to get hurt by a sharp edge: it is better to bend it. At the junction of the tin strip to solder or fasten in any other way.
Thus we make several different figures. Everything,
cookie cutters are ready, you can start baking! And here is the recipe for a delicious dessert.
Baking cookies
For cooking you will need: one and a half glasses of flour, two tablespoons of starch (you can corn), a glass of powdered sugar, two-thirds of a pack of butter.
For decoration: two glasses of powdered sugar, one fourth glass of milk, the same amount of syrup, a teaspoon of any extract (vanilla, mint, lemon), jewelry for confectionery (sprinkles, dyes, pencils). From the listed ingredients, knead the dough and place it briefly in the refrigerator. Then roll it into a thin layer and, using cookie cutters, cut out the figures. Baking products does not need long, 20 minutes is enough. While the cookies are in the oven, it is worth preparing the icing: with a whisk, mix the powder and milk, introduce the extract, and then experiment. Decorate the cooled dessert as your imagination allows you.
A treat for ... birds!
In the winter cold, many think about our smaller brothers, including birds. It becomes difficult for birds to get food, so feeding them is the right decision. And you can even do it cheerfully: make bird food using cookie cutters. All that is needed is a varied feed, a little flour, starch for gluing and boiling water. Mix all the ingredients, and then put them in cookie cutters, forming holes through which ribbons will be threaded. Wait for the food to harden, introduce the strings, remove the tins and hang the treat for the birds on the trees. This use of poultry baking dishes is sure to be appreciated.