"My 9-year-old daughter and I just made these and they turned out great. We followed all the advice -- spread vegetable oil on cookies cutters and sprayed the parchment with cooking spray; scraped away the drippings when they were still hot from the oven; and made holes with an oiled meat thermometer as the shapes cooled. They were slippery little suckers to get out of the cutters but they held their shape. We only had one break -- a star that got dropped -- but a couple additional minutes in the oven made it good as new. My only advice: Don't skimp on the candies. The thicker they are the more sturdy they are.

"My 9-year-old daughter and I just made these and they turned out great. We followed all the advice -- spread vegetable oil on cookies cutters and sprayed the parchment with cooking spray; scraped away the drippings when they were still hot from the oven; and made holes with an oiled meat thermometer. They were slippery little suckers to get out of the cutters but they held their shape. We only had one break -- a star that we dropped -- but a couple additional minutes in the oven made it good as new. My only advice: Don't skimp on the candies. The thicker they are the more sturdy they are.