It can be incredibly satisfyingto make cookie cutter cookies or to decorate cookies with adorable stamps. Become a professional baker in no time simply by utilizing your assortment of fun cookie stamps, just make sure you've got a good recipe and retrieve the cookies out of the oven in time. The reason you specifically need a good base sugar cookie dough is because they make the ideal texture for cookie cutters, stamps and presses. For cookie cutters and stamps you'll want to roll out the dough with a rolling pin, but for presses you can load the dough into the compartment. You want your dough to be very workable at this stage, but not too sticky.
Basic Sugar Cookie Recipe
Mix 3 cups flour, 3/4 tsp baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt and then set aside your dry ingredients. Then use an electric mixer to beat a cup of unsalted butter with a cup of white sugar until the mixture lightens in color. Then you can beat in an egg. When that's mixed in, beat in a tablespoon of milk and a splash of vanilla. Then gradually add in the dry ingredients as your mixer can handle it. You may want to refrigerate your dough for a bit before you consider rolling it out so it won't be too sticky. When it feels firm, yet still pliant, roll it out using powdered sugar. This will keep the cookies sweet instead of floury.
