Using the freezer revolutionized my Christmas cookie baking last year! I started making dough at the end of October, stashing it in the freezer (in balls or cut-out shapes), and then in December I could just make fresh cookies whenever I needed them. It worked so wonderfully – I could give just a few each of different kinds of fresh-baked cookies to my neighbors instead of trying to give away a whole bunch of them. No more marathon, all-day Christmas cookie baking sessions for me! Now I just need to get on it and start making this year’s dough!
Kristen @ Joyfullythriving
I love freezing cookies…because then I always (and I do mean, always) have dessert on hand! For surprise company or just because, I love using my freezer for this purpose.
cherie
I also like the dough logs for some cookies – easier for chip/nut free doughs – sugar cookies here usually wind up as logs in the freezer
Sharon
Freezing cookie dough balls has revolutionized my cookie baking. It is my favorite is freezing method. Being able to pull a few balls out of the freezer makes cookie baking soooooo much easier. I can simply bake one tray just before they come home, and they’ve got a wonderful after school treat, with some leftover for lunch treats the next day. And we don’t have a full batch sitting around smelling scrumptious and crying my name while the kids are at school, so I don’t eat as many – which is a good thing. 🙂
Jessica
@Sharon, exactly. If I bake them all, I want to eat them.
Melissa
I freeze meals and meal components a lot, but I haven’t tried cookies. I’ll have to try that on my next freezer cooking session.
Carla
I don’t usually have room for the batch of frozen dough but definitely do the dough balls and baked cookies. I especially like to do dough balls when I know I don’t have time to bake a full double or triple batch of dough. I still get the volume, just in different stages.
Sandi
Thanks a lot, Jessica, now I’m craving cookie dough! Not baked cookies, just the raw dough. Argh!
Renee
Using the freezer revolutionized my Christmas cookie baking last year! I started making dough at the end of October, stashing it in the freezer (in balls or cut-out shapes), and then in December I could just make fresh cookies whenever I needed them. It worked so wonderfully – I could give just a few each of different kinds of fresh-baked cookies to my neighbors instead of trying to give away a whole bunch of them. No more marathon, all-day Christmas cookie baking sessions for me! Now I just need to get on it and start making this year’s dough!
Kristen @ Joyfullythriving
I love freezing cookies…because then I always (and I do mean, always) have dessert on hand! For surprise company or just because, I love using my freezer for this purpose.
cherie
I also like the dough logs for some cookies – easier for chip/nut free doughs – sugar cookies here usually wind up as logs in the freezer
Sharon
Freezing cookie dough balls has revolutionized my cookie baking. It is my favorite is freezing method. Being able to pull a few balls out of the freezer makes cookie baking soooooo much easier. I can simply bake one tray just before they come home, and they’ve got a wonderful after school treat, with some leftover for lunch treats the next day. And we don’t have a full batch sitting around smelling scrumptious and crying my name while the kids are at school, so I don’t eat as many – which is a good thing. 🙂
Jessica
@Sharon, exactly. If I bake them all, I want to eat them.
Melissa
I freeze meals and meal components a lot, but I haven’t tried cookies. I’ll have to try that on my next freezer cooking session.
Carla
I don’t usually have room for the batch of frozen dough but definitely do the dough balls and baked cookies. I especially like to do dough balls when I know I don’t have time to bake a full double or triple batch of dough. I still get the volume, just in different stages.
Sandi
Thanks a lot, Jessica, now I’m craving cookie dough! Not baked cookies, just the raw dough. Argh!
Jessica
@Sandi, my job is done here. 😉