We love to freeze a batch or two of our favorite cookie dough when we have some extra time, but most cookie recipes don't ...

The best kind of cookie dough for freezing is a thick, robust dough, like the kind used for drop or cutout cookies or the kind that requires refrigeration, like the store-bought slice-and-bake dough.

"Chilled dough is always best, but it's difficult ... sandwich cookies, rolled for cutouts, etc.," Nally said. In addition to mixing up cookie shapes, you can also vary the way you decorate ...

For lebkuchen, former Times cooking columnist Ben Mims — who recently wrote the cookie book “Crumbs,” on our list of the best cookbooks ... are lemony gingerbread cutouts with lemon zest ...

Pick up the scraps around the cookie cut-outs. To help make sure ... Try to re-roll cookie dough sraps no more than twice. 'Tis the season for the best bakes. Below are some of our favorite ...

Here’s the best way to freeze drop, slice-and-bake, and cut-out cookie dough, and instructions for how to thaw and bake later ...

And what's simpler than a good shortbread cookie? Shortbread cookies ... Many recipes for cut-out cookies call for making the dough, chilling it and then rolling it out, but Ina prefers to make ...

"Chilled dough is always best, but it's difficult to scoop when ... sandwich cookies, rolled for cutouts, etc.," Nally said. In addition to mixing up cookie shapes, you can also vary the way you ...