Christmas Cookies to Freeze

have you tried Magic bars? Those are very popular. I have made those and froze those before. They are the kind of bars you get the recipe for on the back of the tins of condensed milk cans.

You can omit the nuts if that would cause concerns with allergies.

When I have done them - I just cut them into bars, and froze them in a container separated with wax paper between the layers. There probably is more effective ways to do this - I usually am pretty harried by the time I get my baking done.

However, they are very moist and chewy and mine were not affected by being frozen. I just yanked them out and served them on a plate (left them to defrost), and tasted the same.

I think most cookies can be frozen while they are still dough.
You just thaw the dough in the fridge and then bake them up just before you need them.

I've discovered that fudge is very welcome at cookie exchanges.
I made a cream cheese fudge that is easy and fool proof for last years exchange and everyone asked me for the recipe.
Enjoy!

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/chocolate-philadelphi...

I don't know, it takes less than an hour to bake a bunch of cookies. You could buy Pillsbury in a roll or already divided into perfect size circles. Then just pop the in the oven and bake while you're cooking dinner the night before the exchange.

I wouldn't like to think about what might happen if the frozen ones get freezer burn or absorb some taste from the freezer.

I do a "cookie walk" at a local church every year. You buy a bucket for $10 (or more than one bucket if you like), and you walk through tables and tables of homemade cookies made by the ladies of the church and pick, one by one, different cookies to fill your bucket(s). I have done this for 5 years now, rather than make my own Christmas cookies as it saves me the trouble, the money is all donated to provide for families in the area a Christmas meal, and I get tons of cookies that I would never dream of making for a fraction of what I would spend in materials and time.

Every year, I bring my buckets home and place them all in layers between sheets of wax paper in big Tupperware containers and stick them all in the freezer. Then, the day before each Christmas party (I am having 4 this year, 2 on the same day), I put out a layer or two to thaw. Never has one cookie tasted bad, or unacceptable or been ruined by freezing them.

I'd make the cookies, freeze them, and then thaw them the night before on the counter. You might want to mark that they have been frozen once as I don't know about freezing them twice, but honestly, freezing cookies isn't going to hurt them.

Good luck!

I make Buckeyes for our church's Cookie Walk. They are a HUGE hit. I've gone in to buy my own cookies an hour after they open and only been able to find a handful of Buckeyes left. This is the recipe I use:

2 cups peanut butter
1/2 cub butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pound powdered sugar
3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Mix everything but the chocolate chips together and roll into 1-inch balls. Using a double boiler to melt the chocolate, dip the peanut butter balls into the chocolate and place them on waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Place them in a cool area or freezer to set. (Makes 4 to 5 dozen.)

Once they are set, you can place them in tupperware and put them in the freezer. Talk them out when in the morning and take them to work