Freezing cookies?

[wdw_dine_junkie]

I happen to have a little quiet time tonight and was thinking of making a couple of batches of homemade cookies. I'd like to make the Oatmeal Scotchies recipe on the back of the Nestle Butterscotch chips package and a batch of regular Nestle Tollhouse with the peanut butter and chocolate chips.

Would it be better to make and bake them and then freeze or only make the dough and freeze it pre-baked? Or neither?

Thanks in advance!

 

[ksjayhawks]

When I make cookies, we rarely need the whole batch, so I bake what we need and then make up "cookies" and quick freeze them on a cookie sheet. Then I put them in a freezer zip loc bag and we can get out what we need and bake them.

This method works good for us, but I have friends who bake them, quick freeze them, and then store in bags. These are best if used fairly soon, I think, but others may differ.

 

[wdw_dine_junkie]

Thanks! I ended up make the dough, dropping them on a cookie sheet and flash freezing them. After that I put them in ziploc freezer bags. We'll see how they turn out! Do I need to defrost them before baking or can I put them into the oven frozen and just bake longer?

 

[ksjayhawks]

I usually put them frozen on the cookie sheet and add 2-3 minutes. You just have to watch as every oven is different.

 

[wdw_dine_junkie]

Thanks, I will do that. I plan to use them in a few weeks, so they should still be pretty fresh. I'll let my 3 yr old nephew place them on the cookie sheet, he'll feel like he "made" them.