Homemade Freezer Cookies

This past week I attempted a Pinterest cookie/brownie creation.  I had so much leftover chocolate chip cookie dough, I decided to freeze it and try to treat it like store-bought frozen dough.  It totally worked!  I was able to send my husband off with fresh-baked homemade cookies to eat on a long car ride and it only took 10 minutes. So here is what I did:

1. Made chocolate chip cookie dough from scratch.  I used this recipe (without the nuts): http://www.bhg.com/recipe/desserts/chocolate-chip-cookies/
2. Rolled the extra dough into a few logs (like store-bought cookie dough).
3. I placed the logs of dough into a labeled and dated freezer bag.  Then I dropped the bag into the freezer.                                                      
4. A few days later, I pulled out one of the logs of dough and preheated the oven to 375F.
5. I sliced the dough into half-inch wide circles, placing them on an ungreased cookie sheet 1 to 2 inches apart.                                              
6. I baked the cookies for 8 minutes, then transfered them to a cooling rack. (My husband ate half of them before they could even cool.)

I have come across more and more freezer cooking methods because of my and my husband's goal of making everything from scratch.  We want control over what is in our food, clothes, and more.  By freezing the cookie dough, it is allowing us to have fresh-baked from-scratch cookies at almost a moments notice in our busy lives.