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3D Cookie Cats

3D cat cookies on a plate.
Photo by Ellis Parrinder

These are German-style cookies, which have a unique melt-in-your-mouth texture due to a secret ingredient: potato starch! It might not sound that tasty an ingredient on its own, but put it into a baked cookie and it’s a game changer. Feel free to make cats of all shapes, colors, and sizes, and don’t fur-get: the bigger the cat, the longer it will take to bake. This dough is super tactile and therapeutic, both to work with and shape—almost like working with Play-Doh.

This recipe was excerpted from 'Bake Me a Cat' by Kim-Joy. Buy the full book on Amazon.

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Cooks' Note

Brown, orange and black gel food dyes help create realistic kitties, but you can also use blues, purples and pinks for meowgical cats!

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