I would not recommend trying to cut out these soft snickerdoodle cookies. First of all, the dough is very soft and would be hard to cut well. It would be quite the sticky mess and require a whole lot of flour to roll out the dough successfully. That extra flour would also alter the texture of the cookies. Secondly, the cookies do not hold their shape when they bake. They flatten out and spread. Any shapes you cut would be lost. I recommend sticking to rolling the cookie dough balls into the classic shape. They will still look good and taste great!