Hi John,

If you'd like to freeze baked sugar cookies, layer the unfrosted cookies in a plastic container with plastic wrap or waxed paper between each layer. Cover tightly and freeze. People have also reported having good luck freezing frosted cookies - if frosted, I would freeze them in a single layer before stacking in the container. The main thing is to keep them well sealed so they don't take on any odors from other items in the freezer and don't get freezer burn.

Here's a repost...Shirl gave a very good description of the process she uses for freezing unbaked cookies.

Happy Holidays!

Betsy

How to Freeze Unbaked Sugar Cookies
Posted to recipelink.com by: Shirl on Wednesday November 11th 1998

We started doing this about 20 years ago when we had a very TINY kitchen .... it was impossible to roll, cut, bake -- and then decorate (kids, etc.) at once.... unless I wanted the kids in the dining room over the carpet. Now they're all grown and away and we still do it this way!

I make the sugar cookie dough (or other doughs for cut-out cookies). Some I make ahead and refrigerate a day or so, depending on recipe.

Then I cover a large flat tray with heavy duty foil; start rolling and cutting the cookies - and place them (unbaked), not touching on the foil lined tray. I cover each layer of cookies with more heavy duty foil. I'll usually do about 10 layers per tray. Then I cover the whole thing with more heavy duty foil and put in freezer. Sometimes we have a couple of trays. It takes space but I plan for it .. I've had them in the freezer for up to about 1-1/2 months. I used to find time before Thanksgving .... but now sometimes its just a week or so. (Oh if you're careful you can keep and re-use that foil - as its nice big sheets and all it needs is a wipe-off).

I then prepare my icings and get the decorations out and get my husband ready to help -- and whoever else I can find. I take the out and bake -- some are still frozen -- so they need (like the comment above) a little more time - but by the time you get to the bottom - they're nicely thawed. So all I need is a small space for baking - and we have the whole counter and dinette table for decorating.

We find this 'less stressful' - and this way we can take more time and decorate as we like etc. Sometimes I do a special frozen tray for ones I want to bake earlier to mail to someone, etc.

We've had good luck with this.

I bake and freeze tassies (pecan, brownie, cranberry, etc.) Usually freeze them on a tray - and when solid, I will re-package into containers like tupperware, etc. They thaw out nicely.