Genius
I wish I could say I was the genius, but it was the internet that gave me this little bit of genius.
Have you ever thought about freezing your cookie dough? Me neither, until one of the wonderful baking websites I lurk on told me. I was absolutely in love with the idea.
And it only took me 2 months to do it!
To be fair, I really didn’t do any baking in the last few months, so opportunity was limited. But, for some reason, I made Peanut Butter Cinnamon Chocolate Chip cookies last night and Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal cookies tonight. I really don’t like peanut butter; I’m not that fond of bananas; and oatmeal is in the “leave it” column. But the combination of the three – yummy!! For both batches, I made a double batch and just baked several dozen. I used my Pampered Chef melon baller and made perfect cookies balls. For the ones I didn’t bake, I put them on some paper plates and stuck them into the freezer for several hours. Then, after they were all frozen, I popped them into an empty ice cream container. The only downfall to that storage method – I can see The Hubby some member of my family actually expecting ice cream to be in an ice cream container. I do have some in a freezer ziploc bag – so I will have to see which one works the best for us. Next week I will have to test how well the frozen balls bake and how the final product comes out. Life’s tough, huh?