question for a beginning cookie maker - how can I make a spe

All -

So tonight I will be making cookies for my first time and I need some help on how to shape them. I am looking to shape them in a shape of our company logo (simple shape), is this possible with chocolate chip cookies? I can make the rough shape with some metal, but was unsure if I should make a sheet of cookies then cut that shape out or how really to do this (if possible).

Thanks for any ideas.

To make cookies conform to any shape, you need a cookie that won't spread or pouf - IMHO, almost all chocolate chip cookies do one or the other. Basically, any recipe with leavening like baking soda or powder will distort your final product. However, you do a chocolate chip shortbread - they're dead-easy, and they usually taste better if made ahead and let sit for a day. Shortbread (and gingerbread, and sugar cookies to some degree) can all be rolled out and cut into whatever shape you want with a knife around a template if you like. They even take a bit of embossing if you want. If you're doing this, I'd get mini chocolate chips so they won't get in your way.

I haven't tried this recipe(I think I make mine from Fannie Farmer, or possibly Joy of Cooking, it's that basic) but it looks similar to what I use - and I have done the cornstarch version with success. I also like to make them with whole wheat pastry flour for a more sandy texture - just sub for the flour. I like the Joy of Baking site a lot.

Hi,

Be careful to keep your cookies a consistent thickness. If you go too thin or thick, it will distort the cookie baking timing. If you mix thickness on the same cookie sheet, it can be a nightmare with cookies verging on burning while others are not quite done.

Regards,

I can vouch for gingerbread- If you make a template out of either posterboard or some thick type of plastic in your logo-shapre, you can gently lay it on top of your rolled out dough and cut around it with a knife.

I usually do this on foil or parchment and then transfer the foil to my cookie sheet for baking.
If you try to lift up the cookie it will distort the shape.

If you want to make it out of gingerbread, I have a good recipe I am happy to share just pm me with your email address.
Happy baking