2026 Oct 25th

Can you bake cookies from frozen?

"Baking from frozen?"

Yes, and most cookie doughs actually bake better from frozen.

Here in Canada, a tray of dough in the freezer is the closest thing my kitchen has to a pause button. The trick is to do the shaping first. Scoop or slice the dough, freeze it solid on a tray, and then bake it straight from the freezer with no thawing. Just add a minute or two to the bake time.

Because the dough goes in cold, it holds its shape longer in the oven. You get a thicker cookie with less spread, and the edges still set properly. If your cookies keep coming out thin and wide, this one change fixes it.

Asked on r/Baking

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