Prepare Your Christmas Cookies Ahead of Time
The best way to enjoy your holidays this year is to start early by getting your christmas cookies done, over the course of a few weekends, instead of having to make them all in one day.
Properly frozen Christmas cookies taste just as good as fresh baked and by preparing your cookies early, you'll have more time to enjoy Christmas and the holidays.
Read on to find a few helpful cookie storage tips.
Christmas Cookie Storage Contents
Organize Your Cookies
Plan Your Holiday Baking Schedule
The first thing you'll want to do is make a list of all the different types of Christmas cookies you plan to bake this year.Organize your list into a workable amount of cookies to be prepared over the course of several weekends.
Try to make similar types of cookies on the same day. that way you'll have less mess and clean up; for example, make all of your chocolate cookies one weekend, all sugar and butter cookies another weekend, etc.
Both baked cookies and cookie dough can be safely kept in your freezer for up to two months. That means you can spread out your cookie making plans over eight different weekends if you plan early enough.
Cookie dough photo appears courtesy of cw3283 and Creativecommons.org.
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Freezing Christmas Cookie Dough
How to Properly Freeze Cookie Dough
How to Freeze Cookie Dough for Roll Out or Drop CookiesWrap cookie dough for dropped cookies tightly in plastic wrap and then place the wrapped dough into a freezer bag. Be sure to label your bags with what type of cookie dough they contain. Similar cookie doughs can look the same before baking.
To bake: simply thaw the dough in the freezer until it's soft enough for use in your recipe.
How to Freeze Slice and Bake Cookie Dough
Shape your home made slice and bake cookie dough into a roll. Wrap tightly with with wax paper and then rewrap using aluminum foil.
To bake: Thaw frozen rolls in your refrigerator for about two hours before slicing and baking according to your recipe.
Wrapped cookie dough photo appears courtesy of MomtheBarbarian and Creative commons.org.
Plastic Containers for Cookie Storage
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Freezing Baked Christmas Cookies
Keeping Baked Christmas Cookies Fresh
How to Freeze Baked Christmas Cookies
It's important to cool baked Christmas cookies completely before even thinking about freezing them.
When cool, layer unfrosted christmas cookies in a plastic container that has a tight fitting lid.
Separate the layers using sheets of plastic wrap, wax paper, or aluminum foil. Cover the top layer with another sheet of plastic wrap or aluminum foil and tightly seal the container. Label and freeze.
Let the cookies thaw in the container for several hours before serving. Frost thawed cookies if your recipe calls for it.
Beautiful Christmas cookies phot appears courtesy of EverySpoon and Creativecommons.org.
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Storing Baked Christmas Cookies
Keeping Home Made Christmas Cookies Fresh
Be sure your baked Christmas Cookies are completely cool before storing them.
How to Keep Baked Christmas Cookies Fresh and Crisp
Carefully pack crisp style Christmas cookies in a container with a loose fitting lid (cookie tin) and store in a cool dry place.
If they get soft you can restore their crispness by placing them on a cookie sheet and heating them in a 300 degree oven for a couple minutes before serving.
How to Keep Soft Christmas Cookies Fresh and Soft
Store your soft Christmas cookie varieties in a container with a tight fitting lid. (plastic container) If they start to get dry, place a piece of apple in the container with them. Change the apple slice daily!
If you'd like to freshen them up before serving, place cookies in a casserole type dish and heat in a 300 degree oven for a couple minutes.
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Gingerbread House Cookie Jar
Adorable Gingerbread House Cookie Jar For Christmas/Holiday Decor
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Hand painted raised design
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What's Your Favorite Way to Store Christmas Cookies?
Please share your own Christmas cookie storage tips here. We all love fresh Christmas cookies!
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- WindyWinters WindyWinters Nov 16, 2009 @ 12:50 pm
- Great tips for freezing and keeping cookies fresh. I never thought of freezing cookie dough to bake cookies later. That's a cool idea. Happy Holidays!
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- mbgphoto mbgphoto Nov 15, 2009 @ 7:13 pm
- Great tips here! Blessed by a SquidAngel!
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Sep 19, 2009 @ 1:35 pm
- Great lens!
I'm adding it to my Using Lists to Lower Holiday Stress Lens.
Lizzy
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- janices7 janices7 Dec 4, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
- Great tips for getting organized and keeping all those cookies tasting and looking yummy. Lensrolled you to my Christmas Cookie Exchange Tips lens and gave you 5* of course;)
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- RinchenChodron RinchenChodron Nov 9, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
- Yikes, you are making me hungry and might just spoil my diet!!! Nice lens, 5 stars.
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