Kat Thompson is the associate editor of Eater at Home, covering home cooking and baking, cookbooks, and kitchen gadgets. For me and many other Americans who grew up on Pillsbury cookie dough, it’s not ...

Freezing cookie dough is your secret weapon for stress-free holiday baking and last minute bake sales or potluck desserts.

Making cookie dough from scratch; you might think, "How hard can it be?" But even the most simple-seeming culinary staples carry with them some basic pitfalls, and cookie dough is no exception. One of ...