FYI on easy shaping and cutting cookies

OK, I discovered something today that I wanted to share with you. I am making old fashion tea cakes to take to one of our friends when we go to California tomorrow. He had told Randy one day that his grandmother use to make this wonderful little cakes that he always remembered, but had not had in years (this is after Randy had been talking about how much I like to bake and then offered to have me bake some for him). So…..I am off to the internet to find a recipe after not being able to locate them in any of mine. The instructions say to roll out onto floured board and cut into desired shapes. I did not have the time to do all that today, so……….I found a round can the size of what I wanted the cookies to be. Washed it out. Dried it and sprayed it with Pam. Stuffed dough in the can, making sure it was packed solid into the can, filling it up completely. Then I turned the can open side down onto waxed paper. I opened the closed end of the can, leaving the lid in place. Using my hand, I used the lid to slide out the dough onto waxed paper. I sliced the cookies 1/4 ” thick and laid them on the cookie sheet and baked them. It was so easy and fast and they are delicious. I sprinkled powdered sugar over them as they were cooling on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes. So they are uniform in size, nicely shaped and a great little cookie to eat with hot tea of coffee. I hope our “friend” (that I have never met) is not disappointed. If he doesn’t like them, we will have them with our Starbucks while sitting on the California freeways this week. Will post the recipe after I take a break and have a cookie with my Dr. Pepper.