Quick Tip: Freezing Cookie Dough

As I have explained here and here, I LOVE freezing cookie dough. It is so easy and saves me so much time!!! I have received several inquiries about the process of doing this, so I thought it would be a good time to explain my process. Let's not waist any time:

1. Place cookie dough on a sheet of wax paper. Don't place it directly on plastic wrap or in a plastic bag because you will have a big sticky mess on your hands once you thaw it out.

2. Wrap the dough in the wax paper. Try to get all of the air bubbles squeezed out to prevent any freezer-burn.

3. Wrap the wax-papered dough tightly in cling wrap. This ensures that the wax paper stays tightly wrapped and no air gets in.

4. Place wrapped dough in a freezer bag.

5. Squeeze out air and label with the date if desired. I do not label mine very often because I use mine up within two weeks, but this can be a very important step if you want to keep the dough longer, or have many different kinds of dough. I have not come across an exact amount of time that it will stay good in the freezer, but the general consensus is about 2-3 months.

Hope that helps!


Enjoy your day!

-M