Best Cookie Cutters
Who says your favorite baked goods can't take on a shape of their own? Whether it's square-edged polygons, numbers and letters, or cartoon characters, cookie cutters allow you to transform the shapes of cookies, pancakes, brownies, and pastries into designs that make them more fun on the table and more fun to eat. We decided to take a look at some of the cookie cutter options available and put together our list of what we considered to be the best. Check them out below, and happy baking!
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Most Professional
Homy Feel Round Cookie Cutter Biscuit Cutter Set
Rolled-Top Round Ring Set
With twelve rings varying in sizes from 1-inch to 4-inches, this set of twelve cutters each feature a rolled-top edge on one side and plain edge on the other for cutting and shaping a variety of sweet and savory dough.
What We Liked
For creating perfectly-sized and symmetrical cookies, biscuits, scones, fondant, tarts, crumpets, doughnuts, raviolis, and more, this set of 12 cutting rings is incredibly useful for shaping a wide variety of food designed to impress. Each ring is made of food-grade stainless steel that is rustproof, dishwasher safe, oven safe to 500-degrees, and designed to retain their circular shape. They feature a clean straight edge on one side of the ring for cutting into dough, and a rolled-top rounded edge on the other to protect your fingers while shaping. Each ring nestles inside the next biggest size and they all fit neatly into the included storage container for added organizational and storage convenience. Get them here.
Best Design
Wilton Cookie Cutters Set
101 Cookie Shape Options
This set from Wilton contains 101 colorful cookie cutters that include letters of the alphabet, numbers, and holiday-themed shapes.
What We Liked
This diverse set of cookie cutters offers a fun way to celebrate any occasion with your favorite baked treats. Each cutout measures approximately 3.5 x 3.5-inches with a cutting depth of 1/3-inch made of food-grade plastic that’s dishwasher safe. In addition to letters of the alphabet and numbers, the set includes animal shapes, circles and stars, hearts, and Christmas/Halloween/Easter-themed shapes. The size and material makes these cookie cutters equally perfect for decorating the tops of cakes or using for a variety of arts and crafts. Buy them now.
Best Overall
K&S Artisan Heavy Duty Biscuit Cutter Set
Perfectly Circular Shaping
The rings in this set of 11 perfectly circular cookie cutters are numbered to denote their sizes from 1-inch to 3.5 inch. The set comes with a convenient storage tin and three bonus cookie/coffee decorating stencils.
What We Liked
These laser-cut cookie cutters offer fully-welded seams that won’t break apart or leave a small line of imprint on the perfectly round cutouts they create. The stainless steel design features a rolled-top edges to protect your fingers and each piece is dishwasher safe, oven safe to 500-degrees, BPA-free and rustproof. As a bonus, the set comes with three decorative stencils for creating artful designs atop lattes, tiramisu, or right onto a clean plate. Buy them here.
Most Versatile
Ateco Plain Edge Geometric Shapes Cutters
Shapes for Every Baked Good
This set of 24 geometric cookie cutters comes with 8 different shapes, each with 3 different sizes ranging from 1/2-inch to 2-inches. They’re made of durable stainless steel with clean cutting edges that are easy to clean and care for.
What We Liked
With circles, squares, rectangles, hexagons and octagons and trapezoids to choose from, each in 3 different sizes, this set of 24 cookie cutters allows you to create and shape cookies, pancakes, pastries and more in mix and match styles. Ateco also offers similar sets in squares, triangles, hexagons, diamonds, plaques, rectangles, snowflakes, and stars. Get them now.