Activity #283: Bake a cookie (or three)

by RookieMom Heather on May 8, 2007

in Crafty, Eating, Mommy, Month 7

When Whitney was a brand-new-rookie-mom, I brought over a half-cooked lasagne and a carton of Tom’s Cookies. I thought I was pretty darn smart. Unlike most other things I thought I knew before having a baby of my own,I was right about the cookies! You can bake them one (or two) at a time and have a freshly baked dessert 20 minutes after the mood strikes.

Cookie cookie cookieI like my hot chocolate chip cookie served over cold vanilla ice cream.

In the interest of full disclosure, Alec and I have also discovered the almost-as-easy DIY version. One evening a few weeks ago, while Holden slept, we:

  1. whipped up a full batch of our favorite chocolate chip cookies
  2. baked two hot cookies as a reward while we did the rest of the work
  3. formed the rest into cookie shapes on a cookie sheet (as close together as you can get ‘em)
  4. froze the little cookie dough wads

In the morning, we took our frozen cookie dough wads and put them in a large freezer ziplock labeled with the correct baking temp and time. Add about 2 minutes to the baking time for frozen cookie dough.

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{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

Whitney May 8, 2007 at 7:24 am

I don’t know how you people limit yourself to just two cookies.

dianne May 8, 2007 at 8:18 am

oh yes, this is the way to go! to make the shaping easier, try getting a disher (available at most restaurant supply stores for cheap) in whatever size you like. it goes so fast and the cookies are fairly uniform.

christi May 8, 2007 at 8:31 am

Best Idea Ever!

This works with pre-made cookie dough, as well. You can cut according to directions, freeze and store. Homemade is SO much better. I’m gonna go make some for my friend right now.

PS. Holidays bring pre-rolled sheets of cookie dough from Pillsbury, etc. I buy these at the end of Easter or Valentine’s and freeze them for almost-instant cookie-making fun. Takes the doldrums out of rainy days. They’re also awesome for preschool treat day – no fuss, no muss.

Mary Tsao May 8, 2007 at 9:48 pm

Tom’s Cookies are the best! And nobody really needs to know that you didn’t make and bake them from scratch. Just make sure you hid the carton well. Of course, all the other moms will hate you for your mad homemaking skillz, but whatever.

Also, two cookies are not enough.

Administrator May 8, 2007 at 9:56 pm

One cookie with ice cream or several cookies plus milk. Calcium…?

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