Can you refreeze previously frozen cookies?

[momnivore]

So I know the conventional wisdom is not to refreeze meats after they have defrosted but does the same hold true for cookies? We had a Christmas Desserts party Saturday night and a lot of the cookies I had made in advance and frozen. Now I would love to save the left overs until Christmas Eve so I don't have to make another batch of everything but I don't think they'd all do well just in the cupboard. Can I freeze them again?

[daniellempls]

I think cookies are more like bread and can be froze, thawed and refrozen. The thing I would watch out for is picking up off flavors. Someone at my work brought in cookies that I believe had been frozen and then thawed and they have a really funny off-taste. I could not eat the cookie.

[erica]

Absolutely. I do this often with both bread and cookies. Just last night I ate a few Italian almond-paste cookies that I had frozen/thawed two times. They were fine. I freeze cookies in zip-loc bags, sometimes putting one zip loc into the other. I freeze bread in foil and place in Zip-Loc.

[freia]

No harm in trying...pretasting would be key, but there's plenty of time to freeze and thaw once more before Christmas. As a baked good I don't think there is any food safety issue wrt thawing and refreezing.

[chowser]

You'll lose quality but it won't be dangerous like meat might be.

[SherBel]

Depends on the cookies. I would just go for it, You could wrap one of each type of cookie and freeze/thaw them as a test, but I think they'll be just fine. There are not the same issues with baked goods that there are with meat.

[todao]

I'd be afraid they'd get soggy. Unless they are vacuum sealed before freezing I don't think I'd re-freeze them.