How do YOU store cookie cutters? Looking for ideas 'cause mine are scattered everywhere.

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marilynfl

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I realized the problem was A Problem when I came home with a new one and found the same exact cutter already sitting in the drawer...unused.

Thank you.

PS: Oh, any ideas how to store 16x24" sheets of parchment when they're loose? A friend bought a box of 1000, used about 3 of them, and then mailed me 500 sheets because she knows I like to bake....and--apparently, she doesn't.

Now I have all these sheets (which I LOVE....my silpats haven't come out of the closet since that day), but not a good way to store them.

 
I have mine in a box that I store

in the basement since I only use them once/year. Use discarded manila folders cut to fit the box to separate the cutters into single layers.

 
That's easy, lol...you go to Costco and buy one of the Martha Stewart hams, which of course, comes

in it's own little muslin Martha Stewart drawstring storage bag which you then wash up and use to store your cookie cutters. At least that was suggested on the label, just so Martha, isn't it?

As for the parchment sheets, will they fit into an empty aluminum foil/cling wrap sort of box? You could roll them around the cardboard tube or if the box is a really large one like the size you get at the warehouse clubs, just sort of fold them in, they shouldn't get creased that way.

 
I keep mine in a large Lock n Lock container that has a handle on top.

I also have one, without handle, that I keep my cup cake papers in. Easy to store in closet or wherever you like and keeps everything air tight so they do not get rusted or damp. Check out www.heritagemint.com for containers.

 
I store my cutters in a rubber maid bin, and in order to know what I already have...

I traced them all onto sheets of paper. So - I can see what I have and what size they are. I've also taken digital pictures of them against the white paper background so they're also on my computer.

I guess I can load the pics onto my Palm Pilot or IPod so that when I'm in the store I can reference what I already have to see if it's a dupe.... hmmmm.... guess what I'm doing tonight.....

I'm an organization freak I admit. I should own stock in Rubber maid because of all the bins I've bought. Each is labeled on the side using a large index card to document the contents.

I've been dying to buy a labeler - but haven't found the perfect one yet.....

Tess

 
What I did...

One day I got frustrated with trying to find a cutter amidst the hundreds of cutters so I dumped them all out on the dining room table and divided them by season and category:

Winter: Christmas
Spring: V-Day, Easter, St. Pat's, other spring
Summer: 4th of July, etc.
Fall: Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc.
Miscellaneous: animals, numbers, etc.
Miniature cutters

Then I stored each category in it's own shallow (about 2-3 inches high) box, large flat ones with lids. Somehow I got lucky and just happened to have the perfect sized cardboard boxes on hand but barring that I was prepared to purchase some shallow plastic storage type containers with lids. I stacked them in the garage on a shelf, and affixed labels to the end of the boxes to clearly identify the categories. Now, when it's time to do some cookie baking with the cutters it's easy to pull the right box and find a cute cutter to work with. Oh, and within the season's box I was able to compartmentalize categories by using smaller boxes....so there's a section within the Spring box for Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day and Easter, etc. Hope this makes sense. smileys/smile.gif

For the parchment paper, I cut the full-size sheets (since I knew I'd never use them at that size) into half and they fit nicely in a drawer of my china cabinet, not too far from the kitchen, and easy to grab when needed.

 
You gotta love Martha. The boxes work very well for parchment paper, but

what to do at work is put them on top of a fridge, freezer or other tall, flat, clear surface. You could leave the top one on each time to keep the others clean.

One time had a little shelf attached to the bottom of my work table that a whole box slid into. Very convenient, have been able to duplicate it once.
I have about four cookie cutters, not as talented or creative a cookie bakers as you guys. So no ideas there!
Nan

 
My cutters are stored in tin cookie boxes and I have an idea for parchment sheets

Go to an art supply store and pick up an art portfolio- the kind that artists use to transport paintings and the like. This will keep your sheets flat and you can slide the portfolio in between cabinets or whatever- standing up.

My cookie cutters get stored in the boxes I use to store cookies. Old fashioned tin boxes.

 
A friend with a smaller cookie cutter collection just told me she stores hers in clear plastic

"shoe boxes" (from the Dollar Store), labeled by category.

 
Art and craft stores get flat boxes of matboard and paper. Maybe they can give you an empty box?

 
where do you find those big sheets of parchment? I found some small ones in the Mexican Food

aisle of the grocery store. I guess they are to use instead of corn husks for tamales, but I thought they were a steal($1.50/pak) for baking. But, they don't seem to be as non-stick as regular parchment.

 
They are 1000 to a box, and you sort of need a flat place for them.Is there someone at a restaurant

in your neighborhood or Anchorage that could order an extra and let you pay them. Or maybe would sell you a partial box?
I can't belive how I use them for so many things!
Nan

 
Since I order from a ship, I get stuck on FSA and Sysco. A restaurant supplt might have them?

 
In the trifle bowl, which lives on a shelf in the kitchen. To prevent rust,

dust them with a little cornstarch or flour before storing. (I just read this tip today.)

In a previous home (life?) we hung all the interesting ones on little nails all around the kitchen door frame.

 
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