Failed cookies that turned out right

I tried this recipe for Joan's christmas dinner and I could manage to cut out shapes of cats, dogs, little men. However on Thurs night, somehow the cookie dough just cling onto the cutters and I couldn't get the shapes I wanted. I put the dough in the freezer for more than an hour but after several tries, I gave up using the cutters and decided to just use 2 spoons to shape the dough. Luckily, the cookies turned out right after baking in the oven. I was happy that my friends and mum like the taste of them :)