Use a wire cheese slicer dipped in flour to cut uniform-size cooies from refrigerated dough.
Shaping up: Dampen your hands. It makes it easier to shaped cookies.
Here is a timesaver that eliminates the need to chill dough: Place dough between two pieces of waxed paper cut to cookie sheet sixe.
Roll out 1/8" thickness. Lift off top sheet, cut out cookies as close together as possible. Then put dough in the freezer 5-10 minutes.
When it's firm, cutouts can be easily lifted off with a spatula, & they won't lose their shape. Reroll excess dough & repeat. Make square cookies with a pizza cutter & save time.
Less handling means they'll be less tough.
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