Before we get to this cookie business, as the blog title suggests, I love groceries.
And I actually really enjoy grocery shopping.
But what I really love is scoring a great deal at the grocery store.
I’ve been trying monthly meal planning and although it’s great on many counts, less trips to the store means less opportunities to scout out bargains.
I had a fairly justified trip for basics today and couldn’t resist these deals.
Our family will have no problem taking a day or two to polish this off! We all love pineapple.
Bananas are really hard to pace at our house. Sometimes, we are flying through them like nobody’s business. Other weeks, banana bread it is!
As you can see from this group (all for $0.99!), there are still some with green tops. I’ll leave those out for snacks, but the banged up ones with get peeled, chopped, and put in the freezer for future banana bread, muffins, or smoothies.
Back to these cookies…
We love dessert around here. And are often baking.
I’m sure that your family has lots of favorite recipes that are easy to whip up during or after dinner so this post isn’t as much about the cookie itself, but about flash freezing cookie dough.
This seems to be the only way we have any success in not devouring the whole batch in a couple days.
A few simple supplies will help make this an easy, quick process with relatively little clean-up:
- Cookie scoop
- Parchment paper
- Quart freezer bags
- Gallon freezer bags
First, clear out enough space in your freezer (this just took some rearranging) so that your biggest cookie sheet can fit.
Next, line that cookie sheet with a piece of parchment paper (a little tip from my sister–you can reuse parchment paper more than once in the oven!). And start scooping!
I ended up scooping three dozen for the freezer and a dozen got popped into the oven for us!
You’ll want to leave them in the freezer for at least an hour (uncovered).
Afterwards, I chose to put a dozen in each quart freezer bag. I’m planning to use one dozen for us (some future day when chocolate is the only cure) and two as desserts for delivered meals. I think it adds a nice treat and gives the receiving family control over how many and when they eat the cookies.
Don’t forget to put the temperature and time on the bag!
By the way… does anyone know how to enter “I licked the bowl” into MyFitnessPal? 🙂
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