Comments on: How to Freeze Cookie Dough

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 01:52:24 +0000

In reply to Sandra.

Hi Sandra! It depends on the cookie but most cookies freeze very well after baking 🙂

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:48:45 +0000

Can I freeze baked cookies so I can mail them to my family? Thanks so much for your help and for all your delicious recipes.😎

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 03:19:23 +0000

In reply to Kathleen.

Hi Kathleen! For the drop cookie dough, I would probably roll out the dough in balls then do a flash freeze with them by sticking them on a baking sheet in the freezer for an hour. You can then wrap and freeze. If the dough is firm enough to roll a ball and wrap right away, then you could skip the flash freeze. For the sugar/cut out cookies, the reason I would recommend them in a container vs a bag is so that they don’t break if they for some reason get shifted around a little bit. The cut out cookies aren’t going to be quite as durable as a ball of dough so I’d hate to see them break up in a bag. I hope this helps! 🙂

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 23:14:19 +0000

Hi! I’ve never frozen cookies before but I wanted to ask if there is harm in doing the following for drop cookies: allowing dough to chill for 24 hours, rolling into balls, chilling again for 30 min to an hour, and THEN wrapping each dough ball in its own cling wrap to be put in a freezer or is this unnecessary if the dough is firm enough as soon as it’s prepared? Also, can cutouts (gingerbread or sugar) be cut out, chilled, then frozen for 30 min, individually wrapped and stored in a freezer bag or do you strongly recommend a container for those types even when frozen and firm? Thank you SO much for your insight and thorough step-by-step instructions. This feels daunting because the tragedy of losing a good dough with improper storing would be crushing!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 15:22:22 +0000

In reply to Laura.

I cover this in detail in the blog post. I’m so glad you have a method that works for you, though! 🙂

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:29:30 +0000

Why would you wrap them individually? Scoop onto cookie sheet, place in freezer, then put all frozen portioned dough into large zip top bag and leave in freezer. They will not stick together. I’ve been doing it for years and it always works well. I even double bag by putting the bag of portioned dough inside another bag just in case. Never fails.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:24:36 +0000

In reply to Jenny Clapp.

That’s a great tip, Jenny! Thank you so much for sharing. I’m so glad you enjoy everything so much! 🙂

By: Jenny Clapp

Jenny Clapp — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 23:57:50 +0000

Hi Sam, I’ve been freezing cookie dough (both in logs for slice and bake and for drop cookies) for many years and it is a game changer for sure. One thing I do differently is when I make any scoopable cookie dough (such as for chocolate chip cookies), I place them very close together (not touching) on a wax paper-lined cookie sheet and place in the freezer until they’re firm. Then I just place them in layers in a good, airtight container with wax paper between the layers and return them to the freezer until I need them. When ready to bake, I get the container out and pop as few or many as I need onto my baking sheet and bake after allowing to them to thaw. They’ve never freezer burned nor tasted like anything but freshly baked cookies. I don’t have the time to wrap each ball individually and in my experience I haven’t seen a need to do so. Sam, you’re amazing and I read all your posts even when they’re not for a recipe I plan to use (I learn so much!).

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:40:27 +0000

In reply to Stefanie.

Thank you, Stefanie! I’m so glad you found it to be helpful 🙂

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:13:22 +0000

This is a brilliant post, Sam!
I have done this during the year with batches of cookies since we can’t eat them all at once and its nice to be able to pop in an impromptu pan of cookies on demand, but it makes so much sense for Christmas cookies too. Thank You for making this a separate post. I think it will help a lot of people, especially if they want to have freshly baked cookies at different times. This will save time and money.