Shaped cookies are the ones you make when you feel like putting little more effort into your cookie baking. Like when your mother-in-law is coming to visit, or you need an apology to the neighbor because your kid built a fairy castle in the middle of their prized tulips.
These are the cookies that need rolling, cutting, piping or slicing. It’s not that these cookies are more difficult, it’s just that they may need an extra step.
So, if you feel like baking up some extra special cookies for that extra special someone… (or yourself) try one of these….