Can Chocolate Chip Cookies Be Made Into Shapes?

Instructions Cream together the butter and sugars. Add the egg yolk and vanilla. Sift together the flour and salt, and add to the butter and sugar mixture one cup at a time, until completely incorporated. Dough should have a crumbly consistency that you can easily shape into a ball. Gently fold in the chocolate chips.

Today, many of us use a cookie scoop. But there’s another way to shape cookies, one that doesn’t require the repetitive motion of spooning or scooping over and over again. Believe it or not, all you need is less than a minute and a knife to divide a big batch of cookie dough into oven-ready tablespoon-sized portions.

Cut Out Chocolate Chip Cookies – You can also make heart shaped cookies without cookie cutters by using a knife to “cut out” the chocolate chip cookies. Follow the instructions as outlined above, spreading the chocolate chip cookie dough into a rimmed baking pan.

While it’s true that cutout cookies (think stars and hearts) retain their shape as they bake, drop cookie dough “melts” in the oven’s heat. The dough cubes’ corners soften and settle so that the cookies end up round — not square.