Oatmeal Cookie Dough for the Freezer. Including 7 Flavor Variations!

Be prepared for drop-by guests or after school  snacks Oatmeal Cookie Dough, for the Freezer. Quick and easy to thaw and bake at a moments notice. And with the different flavor variations, offered you will never get tired of homemade cookie again! Because who doesn't love warm cookies fresh from the oven?

Frozen dough in the freezer, is one easy way to be prepared!

Even though I have been cooking and baking for over 50 many many years, I am still learning to be better prepared in the kitchen. Being prepared can have a different meaning for each cook, or for that matter the needs of your family. But being prepared is a skill worth having and developing to its maximum potential. Oatmeal Cookie Dough tucked into the freezer is one such way to be prepared. being able to quickly bake up a snack or dessert offering, is another way of being prepared.

  

Why make up freezer cookie dough?

Family. As the years go by you will finding yourself learning to cook and bake more food, as the family grows. Than as more years go by, less food as the kids move out. I remember fondly that just a few years ago, I was worried that I was not cooking and baking enough with two teens in the house! 

From time to time I would think how nice it would be to cook for only two. Boy was I wrong! Most recipes are geared for more than two, and leftovers are nice, but not all week...so the real trick is to revamp how you do things, including desserts and snacks which brings us to this recipe for Oatmeal Cookie Dough for the freezer. 

And baked cookies take up a lot of room in your freezer. 

If you have only a small freezer space, other foods probably hold more value for space in your freezer. But with this method, you can have your steak and cookies too! While we love cookies, we are only two people. And yes we could eat the whole batch of cookies, while they are still fresh and moist. But we usually prefer to act all grown up and as such, cookies and milk are not usually on the menu as dinner. But we still want cookies! Fresh cookies. Delicious cookies. Homemade cookies. Sound familiar?

Which got me to thinking....

Why not freeze the cookie dough in portions to bake a dozen cookies at a time, kind of like on-demand TV, but with cookies! Personally, I think on-demand cookies are a much better idea! Plus the dough takes up so little space, it is easy to have two or three flavors of cookie dough, ready to bake. Simply pull out a portion of dough from the freezer, and let it thaw for a few minutes. Cut into 12 pieces and bake. 

For convenience, label each package with the oven temperature and baking time, and you are good to go! With this extra step, baking will be a breeze. Hey, it looks like you've got this!

Ingredients needed for this recipe:

• whole wheat flour, pastry grind
• egg
• butter 
• brown sugar, did you know you can make your own!
• sugar
• salt
• baking soda
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• oatmeal
• raisins
• ingredients as needed for the variations offered below

You will also need the following:

• stand mixer
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• silicone spatula
• whisk
• waxed paper
• freezer storage containers/bags

Now we are ready to begin!

Oatmeal Cookie Dough, ready to package for the freezer.

Oatmeal Cookie Dough for the Freezer
adapted from: the Quaker Oats Barrel
makes 4 dozen cookies/4 packages

UPDATED: 05.03.2025

1 1/4 c butter ( 2 1/2 sticks) cut into 1/2 inch slices
3/4 c brown sugar
1/2 c sugar
1/2 t salt
1 t vanilla
1 egg
1 T water - don't leave this out!

Cut butter into thick slices, add sugars and salt. Beat until creamy. Add vanilla and egg, beat until fluffy, beat in the water.

Combine and whisk together:

1 1/2 whole wheat flour, pastry grind 

1 t soda

1 t cinnamon

1/4 t nutmeg

3 c oats

1 1/2 c raisins

Beat flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture. When smooth, reduce beater speed and add the oats and raisins. Mixing gently until oats and raisins are mixed in evenly.

Scrape the beater clean, smooth the dough into the bottom of the work bowl. Divide into 4 sections. 

Pack dough into your mold. Place a square of waxed paper over your mold, add 1/4 portion of the Oatmeal Cookie dough. 

Using another piece of wax paper, cover over the top of the dough, pressing firmly to make a compact evenly shaped "slab". 

Remove top piece of waxed paper, fold the extended portion over dough, turn out. Repeat this process with the remaining cookie dough.

Packaged for the freezer.

To bake, remove one portion from the freezer, let thaw a few minutes (or remove the day before and place in refrigerator), cut into 12 pieces, form into more of a ball shape, if desired, then bake. Consider these flavor variations, you won't be sorry. Plus could there be an easier way to get your oats?

How about Chocolate Chip?

To make chocolate chip cookies, eliminate the spice and the raisins, add 1 1/2 - 2 c chocolate chips. Proceed as shown above.

How about Maple Walnut?
To make Maple Walnut, substitute real maple flavoring for the vanilla, eliminate the raisins and spice, add 1 1/2 - 2 c. walnuts.

How about Cranberry and White Chocolate?
To make Cranberry White Chocolate, substitute 1 c each dried cranberries and chopped pure white chocolate for the raisins.

How about GORP Cookies? 
To make GORP (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts) Cookies add 1/2 c peanut butter along with the butter. Eliminate the spices and add 1 c each raisins, and chocolate chips.

Since this recipe was originally developed and shared, we have come up with two additional flavors, Mocha Chocolate Chip Chip Oatmeal Cookies, and Toffee and Walnut Oatmeal Cookies! I hope you also give these delicious flavors a try!

You may also enjoy: 

Quick and Easy Sugar Cookies. 

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Oatmeal Cookie Dough for the Freezer
adapted from: the Quaker Oats Barrel
makes 4 dozen cookies/4 packages

UPDATED:05.03.2025

1 1/4 c butter ( 2 1/2 sticks) cut into 1/2 inch slices
3/4 c brown sugar
1/2 c sugar
1/2 t salt
1 t vanilla
1 egg
1 T water - don't leave this out!

Cut butter into thick slices, add sugars and salt. Beat until creamy. Add vanilla and egg, beat until fluffy, beat in the water.

Combine and whisk together:

1 1/2 whole wheat flour, pastry grind 

1 t soda

1 t cinnamon

1/4 t nutmeg

3 c oats

1 1/2 c raisins

Beat flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture. When smooth, reduce beater speed and add the oats and raisins. Mixing gently until oats and raisins are mixed in evenly.

Scrape the beater clean, smooth the dough into the bottom of the work bowl. Divide into 4 sections. 

Pack dough into your mold. Place a square of waxed paper over your mold, add 1/4 portion of the Oatmeal Cookie dough. 

Using another piece of wax paper, cover over the top of the dough, pressing firmly to make a compact evenly shaped "slab". 

Remove top piece of waxed paper, fold the extended portion over dough, turn out. Repeat this process with the remaining cookie dough.

To bake, remove one portion from the freezer, let thaw a few minutes (or remove the day before and place in refrigerator), cut into 12 pieces, form into more of a ball shape, if desired, then bake.

How about Chocolate Chip?

To make chocolate chip cookies, eliminate the spice and raisins, add 1 1/2 - 2 c chocolate chips. Proceed as shown above.

How about Maple Walnut?
To make Maple Walnut, substitute real maple flavoring for the vanilla, eliminate the raisins and spice, add 1 1/2 - 2 c. walnuts.

How about Cranberry and White Chocolate?
To make Cranberry White Chocolate, substitute 1 c each dried cranberries and chopped pure white chocolate for the raisins.

How about GORP Cookies? 
To make GORP (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts) Cookies add 1/2 c peanut butter along with the butter. Eliminate the spices and add 1 c each raisins, and chocolate chips.

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