Pounding beef with a meat mallet tenderizes beef by breaking down its tough fibers.  A rolling pin will also work if you don’t have one handy.

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Lightly flour the rolling pin and cookie cutters before rolling and cutting dough to prevent the dough from sticking to them.

To chop crunchy candy bars, use a rolling pin to lightly pound the bars into pieces insie a resealable plastic bag.  For sticky centered bars, lightly coat the knife blade with nonstick cooking spray to prevent the candy from sticking to the blade.