Yes! I’m a big freezer of already baked goods too! I’ve found that my family as a whole prefers the set texture of baked goods cooled and set, so saving cookie dough in the freezer to bake off fresh is less appealing than having a container of frozen already-baked cookies to take out individually and defrost and enjoy almost immediately. I slice and individually portion quick breads and simple cakes as well, and of course sliced (homemade) bread! This has always made the most sense for me with a small family that eats things slowly and also because I do most of my baking in spurts on weekends. I’ll have to try it with frosted cakes sometime! The flash freeze step makes so much sense for that! Thanks for your helpful tips, and I am loving seeing your old stories and writing again in my RSS reader as you post them on substack!
Yes! I’m a big freezer of already baked goods too! I’ve found that my family as a whole prefers the set texture of baked goods cooled and set, so saving cookie dough in the freezer to bake off fresh is less appealing than having a container of frozen already-baked cookies to take out individually and defrost and enjoy almost immediately. I slice and individually portion quick breads and simple cakes as well, and of course sliced (homemade) bread! This has always made the most sense for me with a small family that eats things slowly and also because I do most of my baking in spurts on weekends. I’ll have to try it with frosted cakes sometime! The flash freeze step makes so much sense for that! Thanks for your helpful tips, and I am loving seeing your old stories and writing again in my RSS reader as you post them on substack!