Freeze my cookies? Yes I did!

Well. Well. Well.

Look who's back?

yup! It's me! I'm back from crazy move land.

You know, in blog world, it's almost a sin to admit you've been gone for any length of time, but seriously. 

{I know you are smarter than that} 

I know you know when someone's last post has been more than a month (Almost 2! *Gasp*) and they haven't been visible on their facebook page, their pinterest, or well.. anywhere else for that matter. 

Well, I'm back. At least slowly coming back. And it's not cause I haven't been busy. I surely have. 

This was taken March 3rd, 2013. This is just about every worldly possession my family owned. We packed it all up and headed west. Literally. We moved from Buffalo NY, to Castle Rock, Colorado. 

I am a Yankee among Cowboys. Cept there are a lot of Californians, New Mexicans, Texans, and even some Arizonans here.  

Castle Rock, Colorado. Someday I will blog about the very un-eventful, peaceful, God - Favored trip we experienced coming out here. But that's not for today. We are all settled in our apartment. Our house in NY is sold, and we are in a new season in life. It's very exciting, and somedays I feel like I'm on an extended vacation. Do I really live here? And truthfully, pictures do nothing to exhibit the astounding beauty that is everywhere. Sometimes I think "is that a post card backdrop"? Again, Do I really live here?

Kisha, you are not in New York anymore. 

Well that's ok. There's a lot of adjusting to do. Everything is different. Driving is different. Grocery Shopping is different. Cooking is DEFINITELY different. Baking is impossibly different. 

And speaking of baking. Look at what Genius idea I came up with a few days ago. Sure, it's not new, and I'm SURE that someone else has thought of this on a million other blogs. But the other day, it clicked.

Seriously and literally clicked. Woohoo Score one for the Yankee!

Frozen Cookie Dough. 

Yeap - I scooped up my cookie dough, piled it on cookie sheets and popped it in the freezer overnight. Once they were good and hard, I placed the all in a gallon size ziplock baggie, and now they are ready to bake, a few at a time, whenever we please, right from the freezer. 

Now, I've long known that the best way to bake cookies is from cold dough... but seriously? 

These were delicious! My go - to Chocolate Chip cookie dough is super easy and with a medium size cookie scoop makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies. Whip up your soft/wet ingredients first, stir in your chips, and then stir in the dry ingredients. It'll incorporate the chips better throughout the dough, without toughening up the dough and final cookie product.

Bake from Frozen at 350 for about 13-15 minutes. Chewy and good!

Enjoy! :) 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Dry Ingredients:
2 3/4 c (14.5 oz) all-purpose flour
1 t baking soda
1 t salt 

Combine all in small bowl and set aside 

Wet Ingredients:

(2) sticks of Salted butter (whip in kitchen aid for about 8-10 minutes. Trust me) 

1 c (6.5 oz) light brown sugar
1 c minus 2 T (6.5 oz) white sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 t vanilla
1 1/2 c (10 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Combine all ingredients, one at a time into Mixer, beating until incorporated. Add chips at end.

Slowly add Flour mix into cookie dough by thirds. Incorporate. Scoop onto a cookie sheet and refridgerate for about 10 minutes. Scoop the rest of the cookie dough onto a cookie sheet. Freeze.

Bake thawed cookie dough 8-10 minutes. Bake Frozen cookie dough for 13-15 minutes.

ENJOY! :)