It’s Tip Friday on Marilyn’s Treats. And todays tip is Storing Cookies.
Storing Cookies
The first thing to keep in mind when storing cookies is that they need to be completely cool before you put them away, otherwise they’ll steam, soften up, and stick to each other. Cookies can usually be stored at room temperature, in airtight containers, for up to a week. Appropriate containers can be cookie jars or tins, screw top plastic jars or snap-top plastic boxes, or a tightly closed plastic bags. Bar cookies with lots of fruit or dairy ingredients should be refrigerated, well-wrapped. If you plan to store cookies for more than a week, we advise wrapping them so air can’t get to them, and freezing for up to 3 months.
Also see how to make your cookies perfectly round. Read Tip Friday A Bakers Tale Or how to Ship Cookies, Freeze Cookie Dough, or Store Cookies.
This article is part of the Tips That Help in the Kitchen Series, Tip Friday.
Keri
June 16, 2016 at 8:09 AMMarilyn, great tips for storing cookies! We usually don’t have to worry about the time frame/expiration because cookies in our house don’t last long. Lol.
Marilyn
June 16, 2016 at 3:44 PMThat is what I like to hear Keri!
Nikki Frank-Hamilton
June 14, 2016 at 3:33 PMI always love your tips! Little things that I don’t think about that can make a huge difference. I think that I put the cookies away to soon, while they are still warm. I just need to keep my hands off them, and stop eating them, until they are cool! Is that possible?
Marilyn
June 14, 2016 at 10:28 PMNo Nikki it isn’t possible. Not that I have figured out anyway.
Audrey
June 13, 2016 at 8:17 PMI love your Friday tips. Cookies don’t usually last long around here. If they are around for more than I day or two I send them off to a neighbor or teacher so they stop tempting me. Thanks for sharing on #FridayFrivolity
Marilyn
June 14, 2016 at 10:26 PMI usually put them in a baggie or the kale container. Either way they are oo easy to sneak!
Helen Fern
June 11, 2016 at 6:23 PMGreat tips Marilyn! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!
Marilyn Lesniak
June 11, 2016 at 9:41 PMYou are welcome Helen!
Michelle Reeves (The Joy Chaser)
June 11, 2016 at 1:42 PMGreat baking tips from you again my dear! Thank you for sharing them and linking up at #sharethejoy
Marilyn Lesniak
June 11, 2016 at 9:40 PMYou are welcome Michelle.
Frugal Hausfrau
June 11, 2016 at 1:22 AMAs usual, a wonderful tip! Thanks for the reminder to refrigerate things with lots of dairy!
Thanks for sharing this with us at Throwback Thursday this week!
Mollie
Marilyn Lesniak
June 11, 2016 at 9:40 PMThanks Mollie! You are welcome.
Sandra Garth
June 10, 2016 at 8:38 AMWhen I first started baking I would cool my chocolate chip cookies on a plate, one on top of the other. Of course they stuck together and became one big blob.Talk about a newbie! Thanks again for generously sharing your links at Celebrate Your Story. Your tips are great reminders for seasoned bakers and great for newbies as well.
Marilyn Lesniak
June 11, 2016 at 9:39 PMEven after I figured out the cooling trick I ignored it. It is my job to eat all the unpresentable cookies!
Kathleen - Bloggers Lifestyle
June 10, 2016 at 6:55 AMThanks for all the good suggestions for storing cookies. Good to know that they will keep for three months in the freezer, hopefully out of temptations way. Although my son got a liking for frozen cookies 🙂 when he was young.
Kathleen
Bloggers Pit Stop
Marilyn Lesniak
June 11, 2016 at 9:38 PMMine never last long enough to expire. But I do freeze unbaked dough for fast treats later!
CJ Huang | Morsels of Life
June 9, 2016 at 3:17 PMI think you forgot the most important cookie storage hint of all – the kale container! 🙂
Marilyn Lesniak
June 9, 2016 at 9:27 PMTrue CJ! Thanks!
Emily
June 8, 2016 at 10:47 PMGreat tips – especially on when to refrigerate. I am always wondering whether or not something should be stored in the fridge. Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday!
Marilyn Lesniak
June 9, 2016 at 9:27 PMI have been paying close attention to expiration and safety lately with all these recalls.
Jess
June 8, 2016 at 1:52 PMGreat tips here! 🙂
I would love for you to add this to my Recipes and Crafts Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Marilyn Lesniak
June 8, 2016 at 6:10 PMThank you Jess
Hannah
June 6, 2016 at 10:47 AMI like to put a piece of bread in with my cookies to keep them soft 🙂
Marilyn Lesniak
June 6, 2016 at 3:48 PMWhat a great idea! I need to give it a try. Thanks.
Martie
June 6, 2016 at 9:06 AMAwesome cookie tips! I hate it when they stick together! Lol! (not really, because then I usually just eat both…ha!)
Marilyn Lesniak
June 6, 2016 at 3:47 PMI eat the sticky ones and the ones that bend and break. I don’t have too many of those now that I use the muffin pan!
Cathy Lawdanski
June 6, 2016 at 6:18 AMGreat tips for those people who have enough self control not to eat all the cookies within 24 hours after coming out of the oven! 🙂 That would not be me!
Marilyn Lesniak
June 6, 2016 at 3:42 PMMy problem is I make bunches of batches to compensate! Thanks for commenting Cathy!
Charlene Asay
June 5, 2016 at 9:32 PMWhat a great posts. Thanks for the tips. So glad you linked this up at Family Joy Blog Link Up Party this week!
Marilyn Lesniak
June 6, 2016 at 3:39 PMGlad you were interested. Thank you!
Ilka
June 5, 2016 at 9:25 PMMarilyn – I think this is such a great post. Thanks for all the tips!
Marilyn Lesniak
June 6, 2016 at 3:39 PMYou are welcome Ilka. Thanks!
May EatCookExplore
June 4, 2016 at 10:13 AMI love this tip. I just usually leave them in a random box and it gets all soggy. Need to get a nice glass cookie jar.
Marilyn Lesniak
June 4, 2016 at 8:26 PMMake it see through. The light can get inside and you know when you need to bake more! Thnks May.
Nancy
June 4, 2016 at 3:50 AMI never have any cookies left!!…… Lol!
Marilyn Lesniak
June 4, 2016 at 8:25 PMOf all the cookie problems a person can have that is the best!
Sherry Legan
June 3, 2016 at 6:54 PMGreat tip! Thanks for sharing! I love your link party list. How did you do it?
I’d love you to come over and visit. I have a giveaway going on! Come over and enter.
Have a good weekend.
Marilyn Lesniak
June 3, 2016 at 10:31 PMThank you! As for the party list. I made an inlinkz linkup for each day of the week and added the script to a page. To get it under all my posts I created a widget that clicked to the page. It is in a widget area from a plugin, After Content Widget.