R&M International Snowflake 7.5" Giant Cookie Cutter with Interior Cut-Outs

We thought these cookie cutters looked fabulous and bought them despite the negative reviews. Getting the dough out of the cutters takes some finesse, and it's not for the impatient. We used the flat end of a chopstick and it worked really well to gently press the dough out of the cutter without distorting the design. We've used these several times now and they've produced beautiful cookies that have wowed viewers on our video channel as well as our followers on social media. We have had no problems with rusting as some reviewers noted; this potential issue has been easy to avoid simply by drying off the cutters immediately after washing them. Producing beautiful cookies takes time and practice. These cutters are definitely worth mastering and they've added gorgeous examples to our cookie portfolio. We'll be buying more to give as gifts for sure.

I was a bit unsure about how this would work and I know a bit about large cookies cutters and their good qualities and their drawbacks. I started with the recipe that came with the cutter, rolled out the dough, and pressed the cookie cutter in. Some cookie cutters will quickly push through the dough to the cutting board, but this cutter did not. I had to do a combination of a push/wiggle to get it to the bottom. Once I felt I had pushed through the dough to the cutting board, I gently pulled the dough remaining around the cutter and pulled it away gently. Pulling out the cutter, as seen in photo one, shows that the interior cuts did not push all the way through. I'm not sure if the cookie cutter was designed this way deliberately or not, but the results were less than satisfactory and created a new set of problems.At first, I tried cutting all the tiny interior pieces out with the tip of a paring knife which was time consuming and not particularly effective. Instead, I rolled out the dough and cut another cookie, flipping the dough and cookie together upside down in my left hand seen in picture two. With the palm of my right, I gently pressed the interior dough so that the pieces pushed through. Flipping it over once again, I placed it on the cookie sheet and gently pried the dough out and placed it so that it was ready for baking.In photo three, you can see that all the pieces are completely cut out and free of dough. After baking, the cookie looked like photo number four, ready for decorating.This is a bit more work and not quite what people expect if they have been used to working with smaller cookie cutters or cutters with out intricate interior pieces. However, I wanted to try this because I didn't feel overly excited about making tons of cookies when I could make a few big ones instead! If I compare the extra time and care to press the cookie dough and push out the smaller pieces with a toothpick, far and away I used less time than if I make several with the smaller cutters.In addition, I felt that the delicate-like appearance of the snowflake cutter make the cookies even more lovely and more Christmas-like.One caveat though...I didn't feel that the recipe was working for me and seemed, after baking, a bit tough,. Instead, I chose to use an old family recipe that has honey in it, making the cookies not only beautiful to look at, slightly soft and chewy, and even better to taste!I chose to give this item only four stars as it came dented on one of the star tips (I pulled the dents out with a pair of pliers) and it is not a high end made cookie cutter, with the pieces not holding well, or the 'welds' not of sturdy quality.

These cutters are stunning but they are so hard to work with! Even using a flour dip every cookie batter i have used (shortbread and gingerbread) sticks and needs bits poked out or rips a part.Love them, have to be in a super patient mood to use them!Still plan on trialling them with cornflour dough for ornaments.

If you can get the cookie out of the cutter they coo up good. Tried everything(flour,spray)cookie dough sticks to cutter badly.

Too intricate to be easy to clean but they are so pretty that they are more than worth the extra effort.

These cutters make lovely cookies! The design is quite intricate. However, they are a bit tricky to use, and difficult to clean. In retrospect, I feel this should have been an obvious downside to having an intricate cutter. Which, I didn't pick-up on. I tried dusting the cutters with flour, and with confectioners sugar. I tried buttering them. In the end, I still had to use a chopstick to help the cookies come free. Once they did, I LOVED the way they looked coming out of the oven. I expect to use these happily for some time to come. I won't, however, pick them if I need to make a bunch of cookies in a hurry.

Love the details, but cleaning the cutters are time consuming because of all the details.

I really enjoyed the results these cookie cutters produced. I think the key is to use a dough that is not too soft. I used my favorite shortbread cookie recipe and had no trouble. I cut out the shapes but before moving them from the cutting mat to the baking sheet, I removed al the extraneous dough from around each snowflake, put them in the refrigerator to firm up for about 15 minutes, and then transferred them to the baking sheet. I liked the decorated cookies so much that I made several batches to give away to friends. I also like the size because 2½ to 3 inches is my favorite size for decorating and gifting. I'll definitely use these again next Christmas.

Love better than expected couldn’t Wait to use it not disappointed

I was so excited to make fancy gingerbread snowflakes but will have to experiment some as I could not get the dough to release from the cutters no matter how much flour I dipped it in. The ones that did were great but I didn’t have enough time as I needed 6 dozen.

Although these have a beautiful design, and the cookies also come out beautifully, I am extremely disappointed with the quality of this product. As soon as i washed it, it started RUSTING. For the amount of money paid for this, the quality of metal used should have been much better.

These are nice and sturdy cutters. A hint of you are having trouble removing the cookie- use a piece of saran wrap between.

I ordered this for my wife ,she loves it