In article >, Gary > wrote:

> I didn't think it was possible to screw up chocolate chip cookies but it is.
> I bought a bag of "Chips Ahoy - Chewy" yesterday afternoon and....yuk! Very
> weird tasting. They should be labeled, "Processed Cookie Product," IMO.
>
> Actually most of the CC cookies found in the cookie isle are not so good.
> Only the bakery has acceptable ones but the best are the homemade ones from
> scratch.
>
> Guess I'll just make my own from now on. Another plus is that I won't eat
> them often as I'm usually too lazy to make them. Once I do though I find it
> hard to stop and, since I live alone now, I eat them up too fast.
>
> Question: Do homemade cookies freeze well after cooling and drying a bit
> overnight? I'm thinking that they might at least for a few weeks...in
> ziplock bags with air squeezed out.
>
> G.

Yep, cooled cookies will freeze well.

I prefer fresh baked cookies so I just bake a few and freeze the rest of
the dough in balls. Then when I want more cookies I just pull out a few
cookie dough balls and bake them up.

Either way works when you don't want several dozen cookies at a time.

marcella