Can you thaw butter, make cookie dough, then freeze dough?

Question

I want to get a head start on Holiday baking and I was wondering if I have butter in the freezer, make up cookie dough, and freeze it in a plastic bag, and then thaw the cookie dough and bake cookies at Christmas time ? Will the butter be safe and the cookies good?

Answer 1

Sure, do a test batch and try it, lots of people freeze dough, and you can buy frozen bread dough in the store all the time.

Answer 2

http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/hgic3510.htm
This site tells you how to freeze butter and handle it after it is frozen for use. It says it will stay fresh 6-9 months if you follow their directions.

I have done what you're talking about before, myself. And I never had a problem with food poisoning or anything like that. As long as you thaw the butter in the refrigerator and use it within 24 hours of thawing, then freeze the dough right after mixing it, I see no problems. If you do find it is causing a problem in the quality of your cookies, there may be more water in your butter than there should be. Try to use a quality brand to avoid this possiblity.

Answer 3

yup, I do it fairly often, especially when i try new recipes and realise that the batch makes 50 or so, lol. if it's the kind of cookie where you just dollop a spoonful on a baking pan and pop them in the oven, I would to the dollopping, freeze, remove them from the pan and put it in a ziplock (or any resealable bag that specifies it can be use in the freezer) and put it back in the freezer until needed. if it's the kind where you have it in a cylinder shape, and cut it into slices, or the kind that is to be used for cut-outs, I would keep it in the dough form, wrap it in plastic wrap and keep it unsliced/cut until used. I'd reccomend thawing out the dough for a few minutes before working with it after it's been frozen, without using a microwave or anything to heat it up with unless it really is rock hard and unworkable. even then, I wouldn't heat it up all the way, I'dd let it thaw for at elast 10 minutes afterwards. hope it helps!

Answer 4

Yes, the butter is fine. Every time I buy butter at the grocery, I automatically put it in the freezer until I need it.

I think you're remembering that we shouldn't freeze meat, thaw it and then refreeze it without cooking. That is not safe.

But butter and cheese can be frozen and thawed numerous times.

Answer 5

I portion out of cookies into the size I want to cook them and place them on wax paper and in a plastic freezer bag. You can take out as many as you want and pop them right in the oven. Perfect if you want a fresh baked choco chip cookie without having to make an entire batch!

Answer 6

You sure can. Mold your dough into a roll and then you can just slice off what you need when you want to bake them. It's a life savor when your children tell you before bed they need cookies for school tomorrow. Good Luck!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

eeeeeeeeew butter is waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy to fattining.

Answer 8

Yes, and they will still be good

Answer 9

Yes; you sure can.