As the holiday baking season approaches, many people find themselves pulling out old tins of festive supplies or picking up new tools to refresh their kitchens. Cookie cutters, in particular, are a seasonal favorite, often shaped like stars, trees, or familiar holiday symbols. But for one home baker, a recent purchase led not to cheerful creativity, but to complete confusion. After opening a Christmas-themed set of cookie cutters, she discovered one shape that didn’t seem to resemble anything recognizable, no matter how long she studied it.
Normally, cookie cutters come with clear clues—pictures on the packaging or obvious outlines that hint at their purpose. This one, however, offered no such guidance. The baker tried turning it in different directions, imagining snowy houses, abstract decorations, or even a shape meant to be decorated creatively. Still, nothing clicked. Frustrated but amused, she decided to turn to the internet for help, sharing a photo and her dilemma on Reddit. In a post to a popular community dedicated to identifying mysterious cookie cutters, she admitted that the puzzle was “driving her nuts” and asked others to take a guess.
