Sometimes you just want to treat yourself to some freshly baked cookies. Ashley Moore shows you how to keep a stash of chocolate chip cookies for on-demand baking.
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This is very helpful information not just on the idea of freezing dough but that you can bake from frozen. I can’t be eating a whole batch alone and frozen baked cookies get beat up in the freezer. I didn’t try baking portioned dough because I thought I had to thaw. Thank you!
I made a bunch of holiday cookie dough ahead last year and did this portioning and storing in the freezer thing and I might have had significantly fewer cookies to give to friends than I'd planned on.
Ashley is adorable but I fail to see how this is such a secret hack 😁
I always make extra cookie dough so I can do this. Plus it's cool to pop a few in the oven if you have visitors etc. But what I do is dump all the dough into a gallon freezer bag, flatten it out with a roller (usually ends up around half an inch thick), then put it in the refrigerator until it firms up. Then I stick a knife in the bag and slice the sides open so I can lift the bag off like a lid, then cut the dough into uniform squares, then slide them all in a new freezer bag. Since they were formed in a freezer bag they fit perfectly and take up very little space in the freezer – you can stack anything on top of it, like more cookie dough lol
I don't like to bake a full batch of cookies at any time, so I bake 1 tray and freeze the rest of the dough. It is always nice to have them handy – chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal.
I just started doing this same thing with buttermilk biscuits. I used the Ultimate Buttermilk Biscuit recipe from ATK, froze the uncooked dough squares, then put them in a freezer bag. You pretty much have on demand biscuits. Pop 1-2 biscuits into the toaster oven at 400F until golden brown. Did this last night and they were delicious.
I just roll my cookie dough into a log form then wrap and freeze it , slice it while frozen with a good chefs knife , chocolate chip can be a bit of a challenge but usually can make it work.
I'm sorry but you totally missed it. That cookie dough would be gone in one night. The only way you're going to keep cookie dough around long enough to have it ready when guests drop by and not have it eaten by your family in the first day is to either not have a family, or find that not so sweet spot that the cookie dough is bad enough your family won't eat it, but isn't so bad that your guest's politeness overcomes their urge to throw up.
Yes, this sounds wonderful, gosh I have to try next time I make a batch 🙂 thank you! <3
I live alone, I do THIS with everything. It's good when you marinade meat, bag both, freeze the meat & marinade, & when you take it out to defrost, & the liquid helps defrost by transferring cold away & warmth into meat.
Been doing this for years!
Thanks for sharing 👍 😊
This is very dangerous information. LOL
I love cooking with my Black & Decker toaster oven.
I do biscuits, and scones in it, too.
Definitely use an oven thermometer, tho…Hi Ashley..🙋♂
Thanks for this tip! Now … do you have a recipe for edible cookie dough?
I've been doing this for years! My husband is the cookies eater and he can't eat a whole batch before they get stale.
Is it possible to bake a cookie in an air fryer? We are considering buying one and this might just be the reason we finally do.
That’s not gonna work in my house…
I'm not sure how to trust someone with a freezer that is COMPLETELY empty and immaculately clean! Do they even eat???
(For people like the below replier… THIS IS A JOKE! Obviously they are using a clean and empty freezer for the video. DUH!)
We find it pretty easy to bake all the cookies and then use vacuum bags to freeze them. It's pretty easy to grab a bag of 4 or 6, let them sit for 5 minutes, and then eat. Or pop them in the microwave if you want a warm one.
Works great for oatmeal raisin and sugar cookies also.
Does it work for biscuit dough?
Yep. I usually just make a whole batch to be frozen. Cause if I cook two dozen cookies, I'm eatin' two dozen cookies. Freezing them lets me enjoy them a little longer.
I wonder if this would work for home made dog treats?
Great idea for the elderly . I recall my father after mom passed wishing he could buy things like 2 hamb buns or 1/2 loaf of bread.
So why not just bake a big batch of cookies and put THOSE in the freezer? That way you're only firing up the oven once instead of 20 times
nice bite size video morsel!!
Good idea👍🏻 – if only my freezer is empty like yours 😁😆
This video fails to address how to have the willpower to not eat all the cookies the day you make the dough
Great tips! I'm already getting holiday cookie requests (more like demands) and this will be a huge time and space saver.
Thank you for this! I have always wondered if this works with other drop cookie recipes? Great way to get ahead on Christmas baking!
I keep forgetting to do this. but this is a great reminder and I have all the ingredient necessary. thanks!
Awesome Idea, does this work with sugar cookie dough recipes?
Thank you! 🎉❤🍪🧑🍳
Now there’s a good idea!