I think the reason is that it makes the dough firmer, less sticky, and over all, much easier to handle.
Desi On Nov 14, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Denise Millette <[email protected]> wrote: > It makes the dough easier to handle. I do not do cut out cookies often but > this seems to work best when I have. > > Denise Millette > >> On Nov 14, 2013, at 3:39 PM, "Linda Weber" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone: >> >> Can someone please tell me why it's necessary to refrigerate cut out cookies >> before rolling out and baking? >> >> I've been making sugar and ginger bread cut out cookies for Christmas for >> years, and I've always followed the directions and refrigerated the dough >> overnight before rolling out and baking...I was just curious as to the >> reason why this is necessary. >> >> thanks, >> >> Linda >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
