Freezing food help please!

Re: Freezing food help please!

• brianna611

  November 2010

  When I make homemade bread, the recipe makes two loaves and I always freeze one.  I wrap it in saran wrap and then, if I have them, a ziploc (I reuse them over and over, so no waste).  I've never had a problem doing it like this.  The longest I've kept a loaf in the freezer is probably a week, so I don't know how it would work for extended freezing.

  

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• mooeta member

  November 2010

  I just put them in a bag and freeze them then when I defrost them I flip them to the opposite side then how they were frozen.  Like a loaf of bread if it were in the freezer right side up I'd defrost it upside down.  I don't know if it's an old wives tale or what It's just what it do.
  

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• Dobie_Mama

  November 2010

  Do not freeze the cookies.  Send them to me.  Much easier.
  

  
  
  

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• triumphantreturnofplanningbug

  November 2010

  Thanks women! Do you slice it in advance, or leave it as a whole loaf?
  

  
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• brianna611

  November 2010

  triumphantreturnofplanningbug:

  Thanks women! Do you slice it in advance, or leave it as a whole loaf?
  

  I leave the loaf whole, reduces the risk of the bread drying out.  I slice after I take it out of the freezer and we're ready to eat it.

  

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• Joes_love member

  November 2010

  Dobie_Mama:

  Do not freeze the cookies.  Send them to me.  Much easier.
  

  this.  but my mom used to make up chocolate chip cookie dough, form it into balls/scoops, then just freeze that.  when she was ready for them, she'd take them out and bake them. 

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• papagena member

  November 2010

  Ball has some freezable plastic containers.  I know... I'm bad...  We use them for purees, though.  BPA free.  I've also used ziplock bags for sauces.
  

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• shaunna&chad

  November 2010

  Joes_love:

  Dobie_Mama:

  Do not freeze the cookies.  Send them to me.  Much easier.
  

  this.  but my mom used to make up chocolate chip cookie dough, form it into balls/scoops, then just freeze that.  when she was ready for them, she'd take them out and bake them. 

  This is a great idea, never thought of doing that!

  

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• papagena member

  November 2010

  Joes_love:

  Dobie_Mama:

  Do not freeze the cookies.  Send them to me.  Much easier.
  

  this.  but my mom used to make up chocolate chip cookie dough, form it into balls/scoops, then just freeze that.  when she was ready for them, she'd take them out and bake them. 

  Mmmmmmm....  how did she store them so they didn't freeze all together?  In batch sized packages?  Better question - how'd she actually manage to get the dough in the freezer before she ate it raw?
  

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• Dobie_Mama

  November 2010

  papagena:

  Joes_love:

  Dobie_Mama:

  Do not freeze the cookies.  Send them to me.  Much easier.
  

  this.  but my mom used to make up chocolate chip cookie dough, form it into balls/scoops, then just freeze that.  when she was ready for them, she'd take them out and bake them. 

  Mmmmmmm....  how did she store them so they didn't freeze all together?  In batch sized packages?  Better question - how'd she actually manage to get the dough in the freezer before she ate it raw?
  

  Yes, this is my question as well!
  

  
  
  

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• Joes_love member

  November 2010

  she freezes them on a cookie sheet, then when they're frozen she puts them into freezer size bags.  since they're already frozen, they don't stick.

  and she's always been a stickler for not eating anything with raw eggs- i was never allowed to lick the spoons or eat raw cookie dough.

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• AlishaRichelle

  November 2010

  Joes_love:

  i was never allowed to lick the spoons or eat raw cookie dough.

  Sounds like a deprived childhood.  My mom used to make a batch of cookie dough, stick a bunch of spoons in it and bring it out for slumber parties (yes, I know in hindsight that may not have been the wisest thing... oh well).

  As for the cookie dough freezing - I skip the scooping step and just put it all into a ziploc, mush it flat to fill the bag, and freeze.  Then when I want to use it I peel the bag off and use a sharp knife to cut the dough into squares & bake.  Easy peasy.

  Except that DH and I usually end up breaking the dough off the block, too, and eating that.
  

  

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