Delicious organelles: mitochondria and chloroplast cookie cutters

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I created some biology cookie cutters just for kicks, and they're super easy to print out. Mitochondria and chloroplasts - powerhouse of the cell and solar power plant! Yum! I used Robin Young's fantastic diagrams as a starting point for my design (one of which is shown, grabbed from her lecture). I combined them with Cookie Caster and TinkerCad to create the model. If you have nerdy friends or are a nerd yourself, they might love making these too. The cookies turned out great, by the way! To make them, just find an easy sugar cookie recipe and bake it. Then roll out the dough, stick it in the fridge for a bit, and use flour-covered cutters with a rolling pin to tap out the cookies. If bits get stuck, a chopstick comes in handy. Bonus points if you add food coloring that matches the organelles. I also posted these on the NIH 3D Print Exchange!