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How did cookie cutters come to be? Haven’t you wondered yourself? Cookie cutters are a completion of ideas dated back from 2000BC. Egyptians used ceramic and wooden baking molds to bake cakes and biscuits for their royalty. For their time these were considered creative utensils. Let’s go forward to the 18th century when the gingerbread man became popular. People got tired of the circular shaped cookies they have been devouring for ages. So they can up of innovative ideas to make cookies more interesting and creative.

Cookie cutters first debuted in England. They were molds for the gingerbread man. Queen Elizabeth I of England wanted to make miniature replicas of her guests. They became popular in bakeries across England. They started to make and use tin cookie cutters for better handling rather than the original steel cookie cutters.

Europeans migrated to the United States along with the utensils they had discovered. This became the debut of sophisticated cookie cutters in the United States. Though Tin was the primary material used for cookie cutters, they started making these cutters with other material available like aluminum and plastic.

Today, we can find cookie cutters practically anywhere, in any shape and size available. They are made out of tin aluminum even copper for more durable types of cookie cutters. There are also plastic and ceramic which are cookie cutter types that break easily but with proper use and care they can last a lifetime too.

No matter where cookie cutters came from I’m glad they were invented. Circle cookies are pretty boring and unexciting after a few tries. With cookie cutters your imagination is your limit. After baking you can also use these cookie cutters for other purposes for example as decorations or ornaments or to be used for arts and crafts purposes.