What's the best way to freeze cookies?

[tchrrx]

Should I freeze the dough or bake the cookies & then freeze? How should I package them? I host a day in December when college students from our church come over & decorate cookies and take them back to the dorms. I'd like to have an array to choose from, but I need to get some done ahead of time. Thanks!

 

[TandT]

Bump

 

[Teresa Pitman]

If your plan is to have the kids decorate the cookies, then I would bake them first and then freeze them. Otherwise, you're going to have to bake the frozen dough, then wait for the just-baked cookies to cool down enough to be decorated. When I freeze cookies, I usually pack them in tupperware-type containers, with waxed paper or parchment paper between the layers to keep them from sticking together.

Teresa

 

[lewdyan1]

Thanks for the answer, I was wondering the same thing.

I am going to move this to the cooking boards, in case more posters have other suggestions.

 

[MazdaUK]

make sure you freeze them before anyone finds and eats them