Chocolate Chip Cookies (Freezer Edition)

 From: Happy Money Saver

Ingredients:

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/4 cups real unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups dark brown sugar
• 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 12 oz milk chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix to combine and set aside.

Using paddle attachment on mixer, cream butter and sugars together until just blended.

Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Add the vanilla.

Put mixer on low speed, and add in dry ingredients.

Mix until just combined. Do not overmix.

Stir in chocolate chips by hand gently.

Use a 4-tablespoon size scoop (or whatever your preference) to form your cookies.

Place on cookie sheet and bake for 15-17 minutes. It doesn't hurt for them to look a little undercooked in the middle when you take them out. They will keep cooking on the cookie sheet for a few minutes.

To freeze:

Form into balls and freeze on a cookie sheet. After they are frozen, remove and add to a freezer bag. They will last for about a month in there. To bake them just take them out and bake as directed. You may want to cook them on 325 degrees because them being frozen will change up how they cook just a little bit.

Verdict:

Thumbs up! We taste tested them immediately (of course) and then later after dinner we took some out of the freezer to try. They were great both ways! When baking from frozen, I recommend cooking for a few minutes and then flattening them out so they cook more evenly. Watch them closely, because frozen cookies will cook differently from freshly mixed cookies!