We’re firm believers that you can never have too many cookies or too much cookie dough for that matter. A warm-from-the-oven cookie is comfort food at its best, and the baking process itself can also offer a great deal of comfort. Soothe your mind with a kitchen project that not only rewards you with tender, sweet confections, but also lets your mind focus on one thing and one thing only: baking the perfect cookie. Call on any little bakers with idle hands and let them in on the cookie-making fun. Experiment with a recipe you’ve been meaning to try, bake up a batch of classic chocolate chip cookies or stash away cutout sugar cookies for impromptu decorating on rainy days.

There are certain things you should always have stocked in your pantry, like pasta, rice and beans, and the same goes for your freezer. Number one on our list is cookie dough! Knowing you can make any day a little sweeter with the ready-to-bake cookies in your freezer brings a sense of comfort. Prep a batch today for freshly baked comfort at a moment’s notice—hello, instant cookies! Our Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe makes enough dough for 48 servings so you can bake half now and save the other half for later or bake off a few at time—as circumstances demand.

Once you’ve baked your cookies, learn how to safely store and freeze them to enjoy later on. Cookies can be frozen up to two months.