Despite it being in the high eighties around here temperature-wise, there is no denying it’s Christmas time once again. I have been cranking out cookies all week!
No matter what the weather, you might recognize the arrival of Christmas in another way…your rapidly declining bank balance!
So, for fun, I thought I’d show you a few ways I re-purposed cutters to make them into Christmas cookies and save some DOUGH… no pun intended =)
Can you guess what cutters I used to make these?
You’ll never guess…
Neat trick, huh! *I’m MAGIC!*
With a little imagination ol’ Frankie becomes a nutcracker, a tombstone morphs into a gift tag, “BOO” turns into *avoiding saying this in a way that will encourage snickering* HO, HO, HO, the bat…holly, a pumpkin…Santa, and my spider web…a wreath (it would also make a great snowflake, BTW).
To make these cookies, cut out your shapes, trim them just a little before baking, and voilà,
New cookies from your tired old Halloween cutters!
I also came up with these little guys. They are my favorite!?
Same simple concept…
Do a little trimming and piecing like I taught you when we made candy cane cookies…
and you’ll have the cutest little elf cookies ever…
*Cuteness deserves a close-up*
Enjoy, and make today your day to “THINK OUTSIDE THE CUTTER”!
Wow! That is brilliant!
Oh wow, I just love these ideas! I was looking to try some cookies for Christmas and didn’t want to have to spend a bundle on cutters. I have most of these Halloween ones already. This is just perfect! Thank you so much for sharing!
This is my absolute favorite post!!! I just adore those little elves!!! Callye you are so remarkably creative and just the “guru” of thinking outside the cookie cutter!!!
these are sooooo cute. I could not even imagine trying to attempt these!!!! Do you use royal icing? does it taste good?