Chill the dough for about 1 hour.
Using ample powdered sugar on your baking board or clean counter top, pat the dough into a square and roll out to 1/2 inch thick (or 1 centimeter). Cut out stars with a cookie cutter. Powder the cookie cutter between each cut. Place stars on a non-stick cookie sheet or a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Cutting out the stars is a sticky process. Wash off the cookie cutter as often as necessary to achieve sharp star points.
Feel free to use non-traditional shapes, but keep them simple. Reuse the dough by patting the scraps back into a thick square and lightly rolling. Do not knead too much, just enough so that the dough sticks together.
