Need Advice on Freezing Cookies

Yeah, it's that time of year again. Last year I made 8 different types of Christmas cookies in a week. Needless to say, my holiday spirit was sorely tested. This year I want to get a head start and begin my baking this week. I know I can freeze cookies until next month, but I've never done it before and I don't want to mess up.
Can anyone give me advice on how to package them? I know not to use frosting or powdered sugar before freezing, but after that I'm clueless.

I freeze cookies quite a lot and I found the best way to do it is in plastic containers, do a layer then put wax paper in between, then another layer and so on. I found that wax paper works better then plastic because it doesn't stick as much.
Very important is that the cookies are really cold, I generally put them on a tray covered in the fridge and freeze the next day.

So you don't need to wrap them individually, just in layers?

Originally Posted by libby74

So you don't need to wrap them individually, just in layers?

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Nope as long as you have a lid for the container it will be fine.

I would make them and freeze them because the biggest part of making cookies is preparing them.

Here are some tips from Martha Stewart:

http://www.marthastewart.com/article...zing%20cookies

Originally Posted by tierre0

I freeze cookies quite a lot and I found the best way to do it is in plastic containers, do a layer then put wax paper in between, then another layer and so on. I found that wax paper works better then plastic because it doesn't stick as much.

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Yes, that's what I do too. Those plastic, gallon ice cream containers are great.

Thanks for the help. Seems I assumed it was a whole lot more complicated than it really is. What's the worst that can happen? I'll ruin everything and the squirrels and raccoons will have to each it all!

I normally put them in ziploc freezer bags, but double or triple bag them.

One thing I did find is that most cookies freeze well, but home-made chocolate covered things don't. The chocolate doesn't stay hard and gets all melt-in-your-hands gooey. Not that it didn't still TASTE good, just very messy to eat after thawing!

I also put the cookies in baggies and froze them, and it worked just fine.

We had to freeze some recently (needed it for 2 different occasions). We double bagged them in gallon size freezer bags. If you want to go an extra step and have the space (we have a full size freezer too) - put it in a box and close the box up.