while later tests turned out more optimistic when the dough was flipped earlier and then cut up and scrambled with the spatula. After broken apart in the pan, the cookie chunks are tossed around ...

Whenever I set out to make a batch of cookies, I almost always bake off a dozen and then freeze the rest of the dough. This works for me because I live in a two-person household, so a dozen ...

Here’s the best way to freeze drop, slice-and-bake, and cut-out cookie dough, and instructions for how to thaw and bake later ...

Preheat the oven to 350˚. Slide the dough back onto a work surface. Cut out cookies with a snowflake cookie cutter, rerolling the scraps as needed. Reline the baking sheets with parchment paper.

That said, its preparation is a little fussy in that you have to roll out and freeze the cookie dough between sheets of parchment before cutting it into the maple shapes. I tried to skip that step ...