Here is my favorite cookie recipe. It’s a no-fail recipe. I started making these cookies when I was around 10 years old. They are a family favorite for sure! This recipe is what is talked about and pictured in my post about Frozen Cookie Dough.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 c. shortening or butter
1 c. white sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
2 c. flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt (1/2 tsp if you use butter)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
2 c. oatmeal (quick or regular)
1/2 c. chocolate chips (or more if you like!)
1 c. coconut (optional)

Cream together shortening and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix up dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add to wet ingredients. Add in chocolate chips. Mix together well. Bake at 350 degrees for 7-10 minutes. Makes about 3-4 dozen.

Dough can also be frozen. Best if used within 3 months.

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This might be old news….but I was talking with a friend awhile ago about freezing your own cookie dough and she had never thought of doing it, so I thought I should post about it.

Do you buy frozen cookie dough at the store? Well, no more! You can mix up a batch of your favorite cookie dough at home and freeze the dough. Then you can have REAL homemade cookies at your convenience!

Homemade not only tastes better, but it is better for you (healthier than store bought anyway.) There are so many preservatives, lots of sodium, high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils in store bought items such as cookie dough. Even if I can get store-bought cookie dough free with coupons I don’t buy it.

Sooo….mix up a batch of your favorite cookies. I have a favorite recipe for Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. I doubled the batch, baked a couple dozen for us, then decided to freeze the rest.

I make cookie balls, place them on a large cookie sheet and then stick in the freezer. I usually leave them there for several hours so they can get hard.

After the cookie balls are frozen, put them into a Ziploc bag. I don’t use my Food Saver on these because I know we will want to get into them soon! 🙂 Now I have 60 cookie balls all ready to bake when I need or want some fresh cookies!

You can let them completely thaw before baking, but I don’t always do that because I am impatient. Sometimes they are only partly thawed when I bake. Depending on your cookie recipe and the ingredients, it might vary on the consistency of your baked cookie. I have noticed they turn out better appearance-wise when I let them thaw first. But they always taste the same no matter what. YUMMY! Just experiment and see what you like.

I only make cookie balls out of convenience for myself later. I also freeze cookie dough in logs. I just shape the dough into a long log and wrap in saran wrap and then in foil. Then we can slice off the dough as we need it. I just prefer the cookie balls. I think they are easier and I can thaw just what I need instead of the whole log.

I haven’t tried freezing very many types of cookie dough, so I am not sure if cookies like Snickerdoodles would freeze well or not. I try not to keep stuff like this always around as my kids and hubby tend to sneak it. 🙂 And if you don’t want to freeze the cookie dough then try freezing the cookies already baked! That usually works well also.

Have you done this before? What has worked for you?

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