All handcut. these cookies were a bit of a challenge. I kinda dread knowing that I have 4 dozen of these to do next week. but Im still happy with the way they came out for my first time. And the royal icing on top was amazing my family (guinea pigs) said! (orange extract & a dab of corn syrup for shine with the regular recipe) (excuse that A it was the last bit of dough i had left so i monogrammed me a cookie lol)