Vintage Recipe Thursday: Foundation Recipe Rolled Cookies (2024)

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What is the rolled cookie method? ›

Simply put, rolled cookies, such as sugar cookies, are made by using a rolling pin to flatten a stiff dough, whic. h is then cut into interesting shapes with sharp cookie cutters, a knife, or a pastry wheel. The alternative is to shape the dough into logs and to slice it thinly before baking, called icebox cookies.

Place two equal-sized sheets of parchment paper underneath and above the dough, making a kind of dough sandwich. Then roll out with your rolling pin, keeping the dough sandwiched between the two parchment sheets. Once it has been rolled to the thickness you're going for, chill the dough for the requisite time.

Rolled cookies can be rolled in sugar

While cute designs and rolled-out dough can fall under the rolled cookie umbrella, The Kitchn shares that the term can also pertain to dough that is rolled in sugar, rolled with your hands, or rolled into itself. Take pirouette cookies, for example.

With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough out to about 1/4-inch thickness. Use more flour if the dough seems too sticky.

You also can reuse excess dough up to two times. Simply knead excess together, re-roll the dough and cut cookies.

Rock your rolling pin back and forth over the parchment to flatten the dough. Roll out the dough, turning the whole package frequently for even thickness. If the parchment bunches up in the dough—this can happen if the dough is very soft—tug it out and smooth it with the rolling pin.

Just roll the dough into one inch balls and then coat them in equal parts cinnamon and sugar. Then I press them gently with a glass before baking them according to the directions on the package. That's it!

Roll the dough into an even thickness, about ¼ to ½ inch. Dip the sharp edge of your cookie cutter into flour and cut out shapes.

Roll on floured surface until 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 2 1/2-inch cutter. Bake 8 to 11 minutes.

Chill the dough: Refrigerate the cookie dough for 30 minutes to an hour or until it becomes firmer and easier to handle. Freezing the dough briefly helps, but it might need thawing to roll or scoop. This is especially helpful for doughs made with vegan butter or margarine, which softens easier than dairy butter.

Why won't my cookie dough roll out? ›

Check Your Cookie Dough's Consistency

Tough – For rolled cookies, your dough can become “tough” by adding too much flour to your pin or counter before rolling it out. To avoid this, try using as little flour as possible while preparing to roll your dough.

Drop cookies are scooped or spooned onto sheet pans and often use the creaming method to build volume in the cookie. Rolled, icebox, and molded cookies are made from chilled doughs that tend to be stiffer with higher flour content to minimize the spread during the baking process.

Fans of chocolate desserts will easily recognize chocolate chip cookies as classic examples. Then, there are rolled cookies that require a rolling pin and cookie cutters to get their shape and molded cookies that use your hands to create the shapes.

Rolled Cookies

The first cookie that comes to mind with the rolled cookie is the sugar cookie. Sugar cookies are great as is, but taste even better with a layer of buttercream frosting. The problem with rolled cookies is that they are time-consuming, so grab the kids, hand them a rolling pin, and put them to work.

This refers to the way in which the cookie is prepared after the dough has been made. For example, there are drop, icebox, bar, sheet, cut out, pressed, rolled, molded or wafer. Let's take a minute to look at these methods.