Cookie Cutter Simpson

Biscuit cutters shaped after the cartoon family from Springfield, whose designs happen to be perfect for the job — the whole show is built on silhouette, so the spiked hair, the towering beehive and the round bald head are all identifiable in outline alone, with no colour and no features needed to sell them. There are five files in the bundle, which means one baking session can turn out a mixed tray rather than the same shape twenty times over. That makes it handy for a themed birthday, a fan's get-together, a school fair or a bake sale where something recognisable does far more work than something merely pretty. Straightforward kitchen kit rather than a display piece: roll, stamp, bake, decorate. The flat shapes leave plenty of open area for icing if you want to take the biscuits further than a plain bake.