Take the tour ×  After following the recipe for sugar cookies, I
chilled the dough wrapped in plastic for 2 days (recipe
specified that I could chill anywhere from 2 hours to 2 days).
As I'm trying to kneed/roll the dough it is very dry with cracks
forming, and I'm afraid if I just roll it out and cut cookies
that the cookies will crack easily.  Is there anything I can do
to "fix" the dough? Should I even worry about it?  share|improve
this question Can you post a link to the recipe or list it here?
–  uncle brad Jan 5 '11 at 20:18 The cookies came out tasting a
lot more like shortbread than sugar cookies, yes I'll find the
recipe. That might have been the trouble after all. –  Justin
Standard Jan 19 '11 at 16:51 add comment  3 Answers  up vote 6
down vote accepted  My own sugar cookie recipe is quite dry as
well. It cracks along the edges when pressed or rolled and is
easily "broken".  I've never experienced a problem with the
dough being so dry it doesn't take to cookie cutters, but if
your dough is litera