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How to Freeze Cookie Dough

Published: Nov 28, 2016 · Modified: Jun 9, 2021 by Arlene Mobley · This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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How to Freeze Cookie Dough

Think you don't have time to bake Christmas sugar cookies from scratch during the holiday season? Let me show you how to freeze cookie dough so when you are ready to bake those Christmas sugar cookies all you have to do is pull the frozen cookie dough out of the freezer and let it thaw.

How to freeze cookie dough so you can get a jump start on your Christmas sugar cookie baking this holiday baking season via flouronmyface.com

Did you know you can freeze cookie dough made from scratch? This freezable cookie dough recipe is a great way to get a head start on your Christmas sugar cookie baking.

Making Christmas Cookie dough for freezer via flouronmyface.com

Once the Christmas sugar cookie dough is made ahead of time and frozen you can pick a prefect day when you have plenty of time and you don't have to rush to bake and decorate your Christmas sugar cookies.

Perfect sugar cookie recipe for freezing via flouronmyface.com

The Christmas holiday season can be so busy it might be hard to fit baking Christmas cookies into your schedule but since you have a batch or two of this freezable cookie dough already in the freezer it has knocked a good two hours off the time it takes to bake and decorate Christmas cookies.

Freezable sugar cookie dough via flouronmyface.com

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How To Freeze Cookie Dough

Ingredients

  • one batch of homemade sugar cookie dough (recipe coming)
  • freezer bag
  • cookie sheet

Directions

  1. Make your favorite cookie dough recipe.
  2. Divide the batch of dough in half.
  3. Form the dough into a ball.
  4. Place to ball of cookie dough into a gallon size freezer bag.
  5. Flatten the dough into a disk.
  6. Close the bag and place on a cookie sheet.
  7. Place the cookie sheet into the freezer until the dough has frozen completely.
  8. Remove the cookie sheet and stack the frozen disks of dough neatly in the freezer.

 

How to thaw frozen cookie dough

  1. Remove the cookie dough from the freezer.
  2. If baking within an hour place the cookie dough on the counter to thaw.
  3. Once the dough is soft enough to handle roll out as usual and cut with cookie cutters.

If not baking immediately place the frozen cookie dough in the refrigerator to thaw overnight.

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How to Freeze Cookie Dough

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Get a jump start on your holiday baking by mixing up a batch of sugar cookie and then freezing until ready to bake.
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 0 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 2

Equipment

  • Freezer Bags
  • Cookie Sheet

Ingredients  

  • 1 batch homemade cookie dough
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Instructions 

  • Make your favorite cookie dough recipe.
  • Divide the batch of dough in half.
  • Form the dough into a ball.
  • Place to ball of cookie dough into a freezer bag.
  • Flatten the dough into a disk.
  • Close the bag and place on a cookie sheet.
  • Place the cookie sheet into the freezer until the dough has frozen completely.
  • Remove the cookie sheet and stack the frozen disks of dough neatly in the freezer.
  • How to thaw frozen cookie dough
  • Remove the cookie dough from the freezer.
  • If baking within an hour place the cookie dough on the counter to thaw.
  • Once the dough is soft enough to handle roll out as usual and cut with cookie cutters.
  • If not baking immediately place the frozen cookie dough in the refrigerator to thaw overnight.
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