Holiday baking is a production line. This checklist plans the recipes, stocks the pantry and lays out a schedule, so you can bake cookies, gifts and desserts without running out of butter on a Sunday night.
Many cookie doughs freeze well for up to three months, and most baked cookies keep for about a week in an airtight container. Freezing dough lets you bake fresh batches closer to the holidays.
What runs out first during holiday baking?
Butter, eggs, brown sugar and vanilla. Buy extra of each at the start of the season — they’re all on the pantry list.