Homemade Cookie Dough Makes a Tasty Gift
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While you're baking for Christmas, made some extra dough and wrap it for the fridge or freezer, then add some pretty holiday paper on the outside. Just add a set of baking instructions, and your gift is ready.
This gift comes with an attribute that money cannot buy: the enticing aroma of fresh home baking, when they bake the cookies in the coming weeks and months.
The photo shows Slice o' Spice cookies, a vintage refrigerator cookie recipe that calls for wrapping and cooling before baking. The recipe follows, as well as a family favorite version of Chocolate Chip cookies that lends itself to being a cookie dough gift.
Easy To Make Cookie Dough Gift
Just make some extra dough along with your holiday baking
Wrap Your Cookie Dough Logs
Many cookie dough recipes can be adapted to make gift dough. Here are my tips:- Form the dough into logs about 8 inches long by 1 ½ inches around.
- Wrap the dough in waxed paper or plastic wrap.
- If you want to freeze the dough, place wrapped logs in a freezer bag, or wrap them individually in foil on top of the waxed paper or plastic wrap.
- Mark each package with name and date, with a fancy tag if you like.
Add pretty paper, foil or ribbon to decorate your cookie dough gifts! The Wilton foil food wrapping paper
shown in the photo is FDA approved, wax-laminated paper on foil backing.Cookie dough in the refrigerator will last about a month. In the freezer, about two months.
Slice o' Spice Cookie Recipe
A Classic Refrigerator Cookie
- Serves: Makes about 4 dozen cookies
- Prep Time: 30 minutes to make the dough
- Total Time: 6 hours to cool plus 15 minutes to bake
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 t soda
- 1 t cream of tartar
- 1 t salt
- ½ c butter
- ½ c shortening
- 2 c firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 unbeaten eggs
- 1 t vanilla
- 1 c quick cooking rolled oats
Instructions
Sift flour, soda, cream of tartar and salt. Cream butter and shortening. Gradually add brown sugar, creaming well. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients. Add rolled oats. Mix well. Shape dough into rolls, about 12 inches long. One batch of dough should make 3 rolls. Wrap in foil or waxed paper. Chill 5-6 hours or overnight.
Topping
½ c sugar
4 t cinnamon
Mix sugar and cinnamon for topping in a wide, shallow bowl.
Cut dough into ¼ inch slices. Dip each slice in topping mixture to cover both sides. Place on greased baking sheet. Bake in moderate oven - 350 degrees - 9-12 minutes, until golden brown.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
This One Has Lots of Fans
- Serves: Makes about 5 dozen
- Prep Time: About 30 minutes to make the dough
- Total Time: About 10 minutes per sheet to bake
Ingredients
- 2 cups shortening (half margarine half Crisco)
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 cups brown sugar packed
- 4 eggs
- 2 t soda
- 2 t salt
- 2 t vanilla
- 4 cups + 8T flour
- 12 oz. package chocolate chips
Instructions
Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs and vanilla, beat well. Separately, combine dry ingredients. Mix dry and wet ingredients. Bake at 375 degrees on lightly greased cookie sheet for about 10 minutes, until done but not crisp.
Present Cookie Dough in Style
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Homemade cookie dough can be wrapped to make it even more special!
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What's Your Favorite Cookie?
And Your Favorite Under $10 Gift?
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miaponzo
Jun 5, 2011 @ 2:44 am | delete
- I love snicker doodles :) and frosted cut outs :) and and and.. can you tell I love cookies?
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miaponzo
Jun 4, 2011 @ 11:57 pm | delete
- I want to FAVE this!!!! where is the favorite button????? Thanks for the GREAT recipes!
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Tipi
May 18, 2011 @ 9:58 am | delete
- What a wonderful gift idea for any occasion and fresh cookies for everyone. The best part of cookies is that fresh baked smell in your kitchen and that comes with this special gift. Your chocolate chip cookie recipe sure caught my attention, I have never seen one with 4 eggs.
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KitandCaboodle
Apr 16, 2011 @ 9:14 am | delete
- Great Lens! My favorite is by far chocolate chip!
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sandyspider
Jan 4, 2011 @ 2:10 pm | delete
- Yummy idea. Cookies are the best.
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JennySui
Dec 31, 2010 @ 12:34 pm | delete
- I love cookies. Thanks for the great recipes.
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Fitzcharming Dec 28, 2010 @ 6:35 am | delete
- Those spice cookies look so good. I may have to give them a try.
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Kimbesa
Dec 14, 2010 @ 12:14 pm | delete
- Thanks! I'm getting ready to make some cookies this weekend!
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TheresaMarkham
Dec 14, 2010 @ 9:58 am | delete
- Wow! What a beautiful lens!
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