Food Tips & Info > Baking > CookiesDecember 15, 2009

Bake Christmas Cookies in Stages

I just finished baking Christmas cookies and I realized how easy it was because I do it in stages.

Saturday evening, I made the dough for 3 batches. Then I refrigerated it until today. (you have to refrigerate the dough anyway for my recipe of sour cream sugar cookies. It took about 2 hours to make 3 separate batches, including clean up time.

Today, I cut them out and baked them. About another 2 hours, again, including clean up time.

Tomorrow I will ice and decorate them. This way, I don't get tired out or bored and the job is done with very little or no stress.

If I did this all in one day, I'd be in the kitchen all day and well into the evening probably. So, avoid the stress and do your baking in stages. Works for me.

Source: My mother from years ago.

By Chef4u from Sylvania, OH

Feedback

Read feedback for this post below.

By
12/16/2010

I do a lot of baking for other people and this is the way I always do it. I will make up to 6 different kinds of cookie dough one day and get most of the mess out of the way. The next day I spend baking them, and the third day if I have made cut outs decorating them. This saves making a mess each day since the second day you basically have your cookie sheets and the container the dough is in and your scoop so a lot less clean up.

By
12/16/2010

I agree with Cricketnc, could we have the recipe? Those cookies do sound good.

By
12/16/2010

Great idea! So simple, yet I never thought of it! Your sour cream sugar cookies sound good. Would you mind posting the recipe?

By
12/15/2009

I always do this. I just can't do it all in one day. It is so nice to know I can make cookies from chilled dough and not have all that mess to clean up.

Related

Post Feedback

Your thoughts are welcomed and appreciated. Enter your feedback here!

Feedback:

Image Upload:

Add an image to your post! Click the "Browse" button above and select an image from your hard drive. Please only select gifs or jpegs. If you have any problems, please contact us.

  

facebook like arrowLike ThriftyFun on Facebook

Browse Topics

Over 80,000 tips, recipes, questions & crafts.

Ask a Question

Submit a question to the TF community.

Subscribe to ThriftyFun Newsletters!

Email: