You’ll want to add this recipe collection of slice and bake cookies to your baking arsenal. Refrigerated cookie dough logs can be sliced and baked for crisp buttery cookies any time you want them.
Don’t you just the love the idea of cookie dough waiting for you in the refrigerator or freezer? When cookie cravings hit or unexpected company arrives, or you receive a party invitation and you don’t want to arrive empty-handed, slice and bake cookies are THE answer.
Homemade is always better! I know that the grocery store carries all sorts of pre-made cookie dough. I checked the ingredients of a popular sugar cookie refrigerated dough and let me just say, I would rather use real butter than canola and palm oil. And “natural flavor”? There’s nothing really natural about those chemical formulas. Give me pure vanilla extract and real spices any time.
Slice and bake cookies are shortbread cookies. Typically, shortbread cookies are buttery with a crumbly texture. They usually do not have eggs in the dough and you’ll find they aren’t overly sweet.
Make them with flavor variations: There are so many ways to add flavor and and variety to shortbread cookies. Look for ingredients like: cocoa, cream cheese, extracts, sprinkles, spices, dried fruits, and seeds.
Isn’t your mouth watering already? I’m craving a Mexican chocolate shortbread cookie right now, or maybe an apple cheesecake cookie, or a spicy windmill cookie.
Why You’ll Love Slice and Bake Cookies
The cookies are easy to make with simple ingredients. You probably already have everything you need to make these easy shortbread cookies. The main ingredients are simple: flour, butter, sugar, vanilla and a pinch of salt. Choose one of the slice and bake recipes below for flavor variations.
The dough can be refrigerated or frozen. This is a convenient make-ahead recipe. After you prepare the shortbread dough, roll it into logs, wrap it up, and refrigerate or freeze. They are ready to bake any time you need fresh cookies. And hey, isn’t that pretty much all the time?
How To Freeze Slice and Bake Cookies (2 Ways)
- Freeze the dough. After you prepare the shortbread dough, roll it into logs, wrap it in parchment paper, and refrigerate. The dough logs can be frozen for up to two months. To bake, let the dough thaw briefly and slice away! Line the cookies up on a baking sheet and bake them.
- Freeze the cookies. Shortbread cookies freeze beautifully after they’re baked, too. Make sure the cookies are entirely cool, wrap them well, and freeze for up to three to four weeks. They thaw very quickly.
Slice and Bake Cookie Recipes
Chocolate dipped or not, Mexican chocolate shortbread cookies are sweet and just slightly spicy, a popular slice and bake shortbread recipe that’s perfect any time of the year.
You’ll enjoy the rich buttery goodness of honey lemon shortbread cookies. The delicate flavor of these slice and bake cookies is almost heavenly.
A traditional Pennsylvania Dutch treat, sand tart cookies are a crisp, buttery, rolled sugar cookie. You’ll love this easy slice-and-bake cookie recipe!
Full of delightfully warm spices, these slice and bake windmill cookies are made the easy way, without a mold or stamp. And they’re nut-free!
Slice and bake lemon poppy seed cookies add a dose of extra sunny cheerfulness to your cookie platters. They’re easy to make, too!
Melt-in-your-mouth gingerbread shortbread cookies are easy slice and bake cookies. Crisp and warmly spiced, gingerbread cookies are perfect for holiday parties.
Apple cheesecake shortbread cookies present the fantastic flavors of apple cheesecake in an easy to make slice and bake shortbread cookie!
Buttery, rich peppermint shortbread cookies couldn’t be easier to make with only six ingredients. Just slice and bake!
An easy slice and bake cookie made with a cream cheese dough, cocoa nib cookies are studded with flavorful cocoa nibs and mini chocolate chips.
