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Star Wars Cookies

June 3, 2010

Over the winter we watched all the Star Wars movies with the boys, and since then rarely a day goes by without a lightsaber duel or someone breathing loudly like Darth Vader in my ear. Although I am not much for rolled cookies, I knew the boys would adore this set of Star Wars cookie cutters from Williams-Sonoma. The store sells icing and decorating sets, too, but I thought the detail of the cutters themselves would be enough without frosting them black or green.

There are four cookie cutters: Darth Vader, Yoda, Boba Fett, and a stormtrooper. I know. Boba Fett? Really? What a waste of a cookie. There is a sugar cookie recipe included in the set, and I used that one because several reviews on the Williams-Sonoma site said using store-bought refrigerated dough spread too much during baking. It has a simple, straightforward flavor — not too sweet and also buttery without being greasy. I made a full batch of dough, but only rolled out half of it this afternoon — I thought I would pass out if I kept the oven on any longer in this mid-summer type of weather. G. (who is 4) made the cookies with me, and he had no trouble using the cookie cutters by himself. We stuck to just good ol’ Darth and Yoda today, but perhaps we’ll roll out a sheet of stormtroopers tomorrow.

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