Freezing biscuits

[Ivykaty44]

Can you, I freeze cakes but have never done so with buscuits.

has anyone tryed and what sorts worked?

cooked biscuits would go soggy...
You can freeze uncooked dough though - either in a lump or rolled out - and then bake it when you are ready...
At least you can do that for things like shortbread...
I always make at least twice as much as I want and freeze it..then you if you want to do some baking with your kids but don't have much time you can just get them to roll it out and cut shapes
Can do the same with short pastry - in rounds ready for making jam tarts is good.

Biscuits that need to rise - something like langue de chat/fat free sponge biscuits - you pipe out - wouldn't freeze - might be worth trying to cook them without colour, freeze and then colour them in a hot oven to finish them?

Thank you - I had a feeling you couldn't but wasn't sure. I shall stick to making cakes and cutting up for freezing and then pulling out each night for packed lunch treats the next day.

Trying to cut down on shop brought treats as they are so expensive.

I'm sure my mum used to freeze biscuits. I made some (melting moments) the other day and put extras in the freezer and they were fine to eat.

I freeze cookies and they are fine.

Do the biscuits stay crunchy? How do you wrap them up?
I would think a freezer is a damp environment..if you put biscuits in a damp place they do go soggy -don't they????
Might be dependent on the type of biscuit...I guess I stand corrected..
Anyway...
Ivykaty44 - You could put the cooked bisuits in an airtight container and they should be ok for a week without freezing or roll them out and freeze them and then pop a few in the oven the night before when you are cooking something else...

LUsi - The biscuits would not be any good in an airtight container they would just dissapear.....

I have been baking this week and made gingerbread, lemon drizzle cake, banana cake and froozen then in slices/squares - so that my dd and me can have a peice of cake with our lunch each day and there is a selection to choice from over the next three weeks.

Think I might try the froozen cookie idea - could I cook the dough from frozen? Would I need to allow for extra cooking time?

Rolled out they should defrost in a matter of minutes...and I guess you could cook them from frozen and just add on a few minutes...
I usually do a lump and sometimes defrost it in the microwave! But the pastry rounds for jam tarts I just put them on top of the moulds for a little while until they are soft enough to press down and spoon in the jam and cook as fresh.

I should say they won't last forever...I found some pastry rounds in the bottom of my freezer that smelt of rancid fat - but they had been there for at least a couple of years!