Cookie cutter for concurrently cutting a plurality of cookies

A cookie cutting apparatus for concurrently cutting a plurality of cookies in dough, said apparatus comprising:

• an upper platform member having an array of a plurality of interior cutting members, each interior cutting member having a first diameter and a cutting surface on an end thereof,
• a lower platform member having an array of a plurality of exterior cutting members, each exterior cutting member having a second diameter and a cutting surface on an end thereof, said first diameter being smaller than said second diameter,
• said upper platform member arranged above said lower platform member, said interior cutting members respectively aligned with said exterior cutting members along respective vertical axes,
• wherein said upper platform member is actuable from a first configuration, where said array of interior cutting members is in a raised position, to a second configuration, where said array of interior cutting members is in a lowered position and the interior cutting members are respectively telescopically inserted into said exterior cutting members such that the cutting surfaces of said interior cutting members are in substantially the same plane as the cutting surfaces of said exterior cutting members and such that an open space is disposed between the respective interior and exterior cutting members, and
• said interior cutting members are cylindrical, each having a hollowed interior to cut a circular shape, and
• further comprising at least one plunging element removably inserted into at least one of said interior cutting members.