FAQ - 3rd & Spoon (2024)

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Can you eat unrefrigerated edible cookie dough? ›

We use only shelf-stable ingredients for our cookie dough. As an additional assurance, we have had our dough tested by a certified food lab for shelf stability. Refrigeration can extend the product's shelf life, but the dough will remain safe at room temperature for up to one week after opening.

Popping your dough in the fridge allows the fats to cool. As a result, the cookies will expand more slowly, holding onto their texture. If you skip the chilling step, you're more likely to wind up with flat, sad disks instead of lovely, chewy cookies. Cookies made from chilled dough are also much more flavorful.

Homemade cookie dough should be stored in small containers in the refrigerator for two to four days or freeze for two months. Alternatively, small quantities of dough can be frozen and thawed in the refrigerator as needed.

Follow the expiration date on the package, but if there isn't one, you can add one generous week to the “best-by” date. Homemade dough, when stored in an airtight container, is best to use within 3-5 days, but may be good up to one week.

"When your cookie dough is not refrigerated, the butter is at room temperature. Therefore the heat from the oven reacts with the butter quickly, making it spread thinner," says Epperson. And while some people prefer a crunchy, thin cookie, there are arguably many more people who like soft, thick cookies.

To help maintain the quality of your Edible Cookie Dough after opening, we recommend using clean utensils to remove the portion of cookie dough to be consumed, and then immediately returning the container to the fridge. This helps limit the exposure to air and preserves the quality and taste of the product.

After 72 hours, the dough will begin to dry out and you risk it going bad, especially if chilling pre-portioned balls of dough instead of the entire mass of dough. If you want to store longer than 72 hours, see the freezing tips below.

Take it out of the fridge and let it soften at room temperature for while, perhaps 30 minutes to an hour. If you are in a particular hurry, divide the dough into smaller parts; a small amount of dough will warm more quickly than a large lump. Do not put it in the microwave oven. Do not put it in a conventional oven.

After a cold bulk fermentation, allow your dough to regain some warmth on the counter for 40 to 60 minutes and become slightly puffy before shaping it. You can help the process along by stretching and folding the dough.

First things first, mold. If you spot any fuzzy stuff surfacing, then it's a no-go; chuck your bad cookie dough away to whip up a fresh batch. Even if it looks mold-free, eyeball the color. Sometimes, the bad dough will start changing its hues, especially around the edges, due to chemical reactions from oxidation.

What kind of cookie dough does Subway use? ›

The chewy, fresh-out-of-the-oven cookies sold at Subway are baked daily at the sandwich shop with frozen dough pucks provided by Otis Spunkmeyer. So, I guess you could say that this copycat recipe for several of Subway's most popular cookies is also a clone of several of Otis Spunkmeyer's most popular cookies.

As a general rule, any cookie dough left on the counter at room temperature will be good for 2-4 hours but then may risk going bad, especially if it is already past its “best by” date. The cool, dark, air-free container in your fridge or freezer will be the best place to maximize the lifespan of your cookie dough.

We do not recommend using products beyond the date indicated on the package. How do I know how long my NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Cookie Dough is good for? Each package of NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Cookie Dough is labeled with a "Use or Freeze By" date, which is stamped in ink on the side of the wrapper.

After the expiration date has passed, Pillsbury dough can still be used within a certain timeframe, typically up to two weeks, if it has been stored properly. This period allows for the consumption of the product beyond the printed date as long as there are no signs of spoilage such as an off odor or visible mold.

You can store shelf-stable cookie dough safely at 72 degrees or less for up to 21 days. It can then be refrozen or refrigerated.

Stored properly, in a tightly sealed container, freshly baked cookies should be good for at least a week, longer if they are baked crisp instead of chewy. They will last longer than a week, but they will no longer taste as fresh. The amount of moisture in a cookie has a lot to do with how long it stays fresh.

Raw cookie dough may contain raw eggs that can have Salmonella bacteria, so it is not safe to eat.

This cookie dough is made without eggs and with no raw flour – so it's completely safe to eat. First – you need to heat the flour so that it's safe to eat. You can either do this in the oven or in the microwave.