Yes. But also no. Okay, let me explain.We highly recommend chilling your dough for at least 30 minutes. Giving the dough time to rest will allow the flour to absorb and the flavors to really settle in. This will create a super soft gooey center, while still preserving those crackly edges. If you bake your cookies off right away you’ll get a less complex flavor, the cookies will spread a more, and the tops will be a little more craggy. They will still be delicious, but I promise they will be so much tastier if you give them a few hours in the fridge. My preferred sweet chill is at least 2 hours, but I often chill these overnight and bake off the batch the next day!
To make scooping the cookies easier, I like to chill the dough for 30 minutes to let it firm up a little and then use a cookie scoop (or tablespoon if you don’t have one!) to scoop the dough out into balls. You can then place the balls in an airtight container or covered tightly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper until ready to bake.
Can you freeze these cookies?
Heck yeah you can! You can either freeze your cooked cookies or the cookie dough balls (my personal fav). Here’s how to do it:
Freeze the cookie dough. This is my favorite way to freeze these cookies, because then you can get ooey gooey, warm cookies whenever you want. Prepare the recipe as directed and then place the cookie dough balls in the freezer in a freezer safe plastic bag. When you’re ready to bake your cookies (or single cookie!), remove the ball from the freezer and allow it to come to room temperature (about 30ish minutes). Then bake according to directions!
Freeze the baked cookies. This is also an excellent way to prep ahead of time! Bake your cookies as directed and then allow them to cool COMPLETELY (this is so important, otherwise you’ll get funky ice crystals on your frozen cookies). Place the cookies in a freezer safe plastic bag in a single layer and freeze for up to 3 months. When you’re freezing the made cookies it’s also important to under bake them so they stay nice and soft!
I mean, c’mon. LOOK AT THAT GOOEY, MELTY COOKIE. Have you ever seen a more beautiful sight? I think not.
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