Food Storage Cookie Tips for the Everyday Emergency Needs for COOKIES!

As many of you know, I think food storage covers emergencies as large as a natural calamity to as small as an everyday emergency. Here are some tips for an Everyday Cookie Emergency…because let’s admit it-we all have them :)

Option 1: Freeze Your Cookies

We all know that cookie recipes can make what feels like a MILLION cookies and we don’t always want all of them around :) so a great thing to do is to freeze your cookies. Then if you need cookies in a rush you just bring out your bag of cookies and let them thaw on the counter top.

Option 2: Freeze Your Cookie Dough

This option is great because frozen dough lasts longer in your freezer than the cookies and you can have fresh out of the oven cookies with none of the mess!


Step 1: Roll extra dough into a log shape and wrap in aluminum foil. Be sure not to wrap it too tightly or the aluminum foil will get stuck in creases when you take it out of the freezer.


Step 2: Put the wrapped dough into a labeled ziploc bag.


Step 3: Take out of freezer and cut log into 1 inch pieces. (if the dough is too frozen to cute then microwave for about 30 seconds) Then cut the 1 inch pieces into fourths and place on cookie sheet. Follow the original cookie recipe for oven temperature and time.


and Voila! Beautiful looking cookies, straight from the oven in 15 minutes or less with no mess!

Option 4: Cake Mix Cookies

If you don’t have cookie dough or cookies in the freezer this is for you! I always make sure I have a lot of Devil’s Food Cake mixes in my 3-month food storage. They make OUT OF THIS WORLD cookies, take only 3 additional ingredients and have great versatility. You can add chocolate, peanut butter, mint, white chocolate, or toffee chips and it creates a completely different cookie…all from one cake mix! (our fav. is peanut butter)

Food Storage Cake Mix Cookies
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Recipe type: Dessert
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 10 mins
Total time: 20 mins
These cookies are fabulous, versatile, and use food storage! The make up fast and call for 3-4 ingredients…AWESOME!
Ingredients
  • 1 pkg. Devils Food Cake Mix
  • C. Butter or Margarine, Softened
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla
  • 2 Eggs (2 T. dry powdered eggs + 1/4 C. Water)
  • C. Chopped Nuts, if desired
  • 1 C. Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips (or chip of your choice)
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Beat half of the dry mix, the butter, vanilla and eggs in large bowl on medium speed until smooth. Stir in remaining cake mix, the nuts and chocolate chips.
  3. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls (about 2 inches apart) onto ungreased cookie sheet.
  4. Bake 10-12 minutes.
Notes

It has to be a Devil’s food cake mix that you use…trust me-using other kinds of chocolate cookie mix will turn like concrete.

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  • The Five that Jive

    Great tips! I will definately have to freeze some dough…we’re always wishing we could have homemade cookies..but don’t have the energy to make them! I’m definately going to have to try this recipe…it sounds delicious!
    Lindsey J

  • The Five that Jive

    Great tips! I will definately have to freeze some dough…we’re always wishing we could have homemade cookies..but don’t have the energy to make them! I’m definately going to have to try this recipe…it sounds delicious!Lindsey J

  • embliztik

    Awesome Thanks Crystal!

  • embliztik

    Awesome Thanks Crystal!

  • Miranda

    I just tried these out and they were awesome! Thanks so much for all the effort you put inot this website I love learning how to use my food storage on a daily basis and how to cook from scratch cheaper and healthier.

  • Miranda

    I just tried these out and they were awesome! Thanks so much for all the effort you put inot this website I love learning how to use my food storage on a daily basis and how to cook from scratch cheaper and healthier.