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post #1 of 13
5/25/08 at 10:16am
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Can anyone tell me how this is done? And do you have to defrost the cookie dough before you bake it?
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post #2 of 13
5/25/08 at 10:40am
I do this all the time. My favorite recipe make 6 dozen large chocolate chip cookies. That's a bit much for our small family. Yes, I could half the recipe but I'd rather freeze part of the dough and bake one dozen at a time.

I log-roll my dough in one dozen segments. It is just faster this way for me. I wrap the log in waxed paper - actually, I use the waxed paper to help me shape the log - then wrap that in aluminum foil and stick it in the freezer. To bake I simply slice the log into twelve pieces and bake. I let the cookies stay in a little longer but I don't bother to defrost the dough either.

Alternately, you can put the dough on a cookie sheet, that has been lined with waxed paper, in little cookie sized scoops. Freeze the dough on the cookie sheet. When it is frozen, pop the cookie lumps off the waxed paper and stick them in a plastic freezer bag. When you want to cook one or a dozen, just remove the number of cookie lumps you want. Again, it is up to you if you want to defrost first or not.
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post #3 of 13
5/27/08 at 7:08am
you can also put the dough in an empty ice-cream bucket and scoop out what you need with a small scoop when you have the oven already running for something else, (enough to make dessert for the family) you really don't have to thaw it for more than a few minutes, it doesn't really get that hard. works for us!!
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post #4 of 13
5/29/08 at 4:15am
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I log-roll my dough in one dozen segments. It is just faster this way for me. I wrap the log in waxed paper - actually, I use the waxed paper to help me shape the log - then wrap that in aluminum foil and stick it in the freezer. To bake I simply slice the log into twelve pieces and bake. I let the cookies stay in a little longer but I don't bother to defrost the dough either.
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I do it this way, too. It is GREAT. I don't like day-old cookies half as much as ones fresh from the oven, so this way we can have hot fresh homemade cookies in manageable proportions whenever we want.

I think I saw on Alton Brown recently that the cold (semi-frozen) cookie dough actually helps them be somewhat puffier, despite the butter I use in them; butter would otherwise make them spread and be thinner and crunchier.
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post #5 of 13
6/22/08 at 2:56pm
I have a small family. I make a batch of cookie dough and then scoop them out on a cookie sheet in desired size scoops. I then put the sheet in the freezer and flash freeze them for about 1/2 hour. I then put them in freezer bags 6 cookies at a time. We make only 6 cookies for our family and it is so easy just to grab a bag. Nice to have warm cookies when you want them.

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post #6 of 13
8/14/08 at 10:15am
I am another one who rolls up the cookies into logs and freezes them. You can even do this with chocolate chip cookie dough, although when you cut them, the slices are not always perfect (the cookie looks perfect once you cook it though).
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post #7 of 13
8/18/12 at 9:51pm

I use a cookie scooper and place the scooped cookies 2 inches apart on a wax paper cover cookie sheet.

Once, I have filled the cookies sheet I lay another sheet of wax paper on top and take another cookie sheet and use it to place on top of the dough and press down. 

Then, I either fold over the wax paper once shaped, in the middle to put in large freezer bags.

For smaller batches I place the shaped dough on single pieces of wax paper such as six or a dozen and place them in freezer bags and use one layer at a time.

They always come out perfect.

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post #8 of 13
8/19/12 at 5:47am

I do cookie dough logs as well. It's faster than doling them all out first, freezing, and repackaging. Just stick a huge lump on some wax paper, roll it around and done.

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post #9 of 13
9/24/12 at 9:28pm

I'm going to have to try the log method. I've been making cookie dough into balls, but I can't fit my cookie sheets in our new freezer, so that's even more work for me.

 

 

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post #10 of 13
9/25/12 at 3:21am

yup I do the logs as well and they work great.

 

you can do a cookie cut out recipe, and put sprinkles on it and roll em up, they look like roses when baked.

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