Cut out shapes from rolled fondant or Marzipan.Make an imprint on a frosted cake and decorate with colored frosting in decorating tips (gently make a mark in your icing as a great starting point for making unique designs and to match your cake to a specific theme) Place on an unfrosted cake and sprinkle powdered sugar inside the cookie cutter - gently lift off cakeLightly set cookie cutter on a frosted cake and carefully sprinkle colored sugars or chocolate sprinkles - just enough to make the design - carefully and gently remove from the cake and wait for the compliments to start!Cut pound cake into 1/2 inch slice and cut with cookie cutter and then ice.Wrap cookie cutter with aluminum foil, leaving top open and fill with cake batter to make mini cakes. Use to imprint fondant or Marzipan with the cookie cutters for a different look. Hearts look great imprinted in fondant.Cut a sponge cake or pound cake with cookies cutters to make miniature-shaped cakes and decorate them by drizzling thinned icing over the tops.Dip cookie cutter in Powdered Sugar to make designs on top of an unfrosted cake, such as a Chocolate Cake.Use the same cookie cutter in different sizes and after they are baked, stack them up using frosting between cookies to make one BIG cookie.Design a top for a cheesecake by gently placing a cookie cutter on top, pouring Jam around the outside of the cutter. Using a small spatula, spread the jam all around the cheesecake top while the cookie cutter is still in place. Carefully remove the cookie cutter, and a design will be left in the middle of the Jam. Make Stained Glass Easter cookies by cutting cookies from a tube of refrigerated sugar cookie dough which has been rolled out slightly. With a butter knife, have children cut the shape of a cross out of the middle of the cookie. You can also use smaller cookie cutters to cut out a variety of shapes. Place on a cookie sheet and fill the cutout with any type of finely crushed clear hard candy (i.e. butterscotch, root beer etc.) and bake. The results really do look like stained glass!Hang holiday cookie cutters decorated with ribbon on the tree, wreaths or walls or use as an embellishment for holiday wrapping.Wrap a Christmas Tree cookie cutter filled with homemade fudge or Rice Krispies/ Marshmallows with cellophane and tie with a curly ribbon.Christmas Parties: Attach a small tag with a red/green ribbon with party details and one of your tried and true cookie recipes to holiday cookie cutters. Arrange them all in a large wooden bowl as a centerpiece, adding some touches of pine branches and red glass balls. As each guest leaves the party, they can select one as a party favor. Hostess a Cookie Baking Party for your friends that want to give cookies as holiday presents or just for their family. Everyone comes with the ingredients for a batch of cookies (amount to be determined by Hostess on invitation) and each guest is responsible for making/baking/decorating these cookies. At end of party, all guests trade cookies and everyone goes home with different kinds and shapes. There is a family where all the ladies get together for a week to make 7,000 cookies between them!Valentine's Day: Wrap a heart-shaped cookie cutter filled with homemade white fudge and decorated with heart-shape confetti candies in cellophane and tie with a curly ribUse them as templates for make felt catnip toys for your cat or kittens. Make fanciful sandwich shapes for a child's birthday party. Use mini cookie cutters to cut pie dough and use on top of pie crust for decorations (use a little milk to put on top of uncooked pie crust and bake pie as usual).
