I suck. How to you make cut out cookies. The dough seems too soft, even if I freeze it. It all stretches and falls apart.

I made these the other day and they were great.



Ingredients:

* 1 cup shortening
* 2/3 cup sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 3/4 teaspoon orange extract
* 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 teaspoon almond extract
* 2 1/2 cups flour, sifted



Directions:

1. In a large bowl, cream shortening.

2. Blend in sugar, eggs, salt, orange extract, vanilla extract, almond extract.

3. Blend in flour, mix until mixture becomes thick.

4. Refrigerate overnight.

5. Roll out dough between two sheets of wax paper to about 1/4 inch thickness, cut out cookes, and place on greased cookie sheets. Bake cookies at 375F for 8 to 12 minutes, until the edges are golden brown.

The Cookie Clause

This episode explains all the common mistakes with making cutout cookies. I know you don't have cable but the recipes have pretty much all the diffrent tips on the pages. I also posted some tips in the cookie post on sahm board that you mentioned having problems on.
HTH