Biscuits for shape cutting?

[Chopsypie]

Can anyone a recipe for biscuits that would hold their shape when cooked? We've been gifted a large number of animal cutters but my usual shortbread or cookie recipe doesn't work as the biscuits spread and rise a bit. Then my shapes look a bit deformed!
Any ideas what we can use?

I usually just use the 1:2:3 recipe

1oz sugar
2oz butter
3 oz flour

They cut well but aren't terribly exciting.

(Waits for someone cleverer to come along)

There is a recipe specifically for cut out biscuits in Nigella's Domestic Goddess book. I think it might be called Birthday Biscuits or something similar.

Yes the nigella one or Annabel karmel has one that's orange and choc chips that I have used and is very nice.

add more flour to the mix to make it firmer and roll the dough a bit thinner before cutting the shapes and place onto a hot baking tray and straight into the oven (worked for mine)

www.culinate.com/books/collections/all_books/how_to_be_a_domestic_goddess/butter_cut-out_cookies

cookwithkids.wordpress.com/

That isn't the right link but on that blog is the Annabel karmel recipe for orange and choc chip biscuits.

Thank you ladies. Will give them a go this afternoon. Hopefully I can prevent a repeat of Easters 'but that isn't a rabbit' tantrum!