How to Shape Cookies Without a Cookie Cutter

Rolling out dough, cutting them with a cookie cutter and transferring the cookies to a cookie sheet is time-consuming. Here is another way to get uniform, round cookies with less effort.

Things You'll Need

  • Wax paper
  • Spoon
  • Flat-bottomed glass

Instructions

    • 1

      Mix the cookie dough following your recipe.

    • 2

      Use a spoon to remove small hunks of cookie dough from the mixing bowl.

    • 3

      Remove the dough from the spoon using your hands and roll it into a 1-inch-diameter ball.

    • 4

      Place these balls methodically on the cookie sheet. Leave room around each one so that they are not touching.

    • 5

      Tear a piece of wax paper that is the size of your cookie sheet and lay it over the balls of cookie dough.

    • 6

      Press a glass with a flat bottom over each ball to flatten the dough.