When nothing but fresh cookies will do but you’re short on time, prepared cookie dough saves the day. You can stash it in your fridge or freezer for your next emergency dessert, or use it as a starting point for many more amazing treats. Layer the prepared dough with cheesecake filling, form the dough into muffin tins for cups, or bake one large cookie and top with fruit for a sweet pizza. No matter what, ready-to-go dough lets you skip right to creating your next cookie masterpiece—no one will know you didn’t make it from scratch!
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Cookie Cups
Allrecipes
Toasted around the edges and chewy in the middle, these cookie cups made from refrigerated cookie dough will add a whole new level of fun to your next ice cream sundae bar! Plus, you can easily make them ahead of time for easy party prep.
Apple Dessert Pizza
Photographer: Brie Goldman / Food Styling: Annie Probst / Prop Styling: Sue Mitchell
Storebought refrigerated sugar cookie dough acts as a shortcut for this sweet dessert pizza topped with a lemony maple-mascarpone spread and buttery cooked apple slices, tart dried cranberries, and crunchy pistachios.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Millionaire Bars
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
“Like a cookie meshed with a candy bar in the most decadent way,” says recipe creator Tricia Manzanero.
Cheesecake-Stuffed Snickerdoodle Recipe
Sunny Yue
“I actually bake my cookies in an air fryer and it turns out perfect! The cheesecake within the baked cookies are absolutely match made in heaven! Definitely make it again someday :)” —QuirkyScale4891
Fruit Pizza
This gorgeous pizza looks like a fancy fruit tart, but couldn’t be simpler. A base of prepared sugar cookie dough bakes until golden, then gets topped with a fluffy cream cheese frosting and any fresh fruit you like.
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake
Christina
“I have been making a similar recipe for years and taking it to events where I needed a fast dessert. I bake it in a jelly roll pan, so it makes lots of big bars. It is the easiest recipe in the world to ‘punt’ substitutions for whatever you have on hand” —CISCOKID
Fruit Pizza
DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
“Delicious fruit pizza! I doubled the recipe and baked it on a pizza stone. Turned out beautifully.” —Jennifer Hawkins
The Viral Crookie
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
“Quick, super easy, and oh so DELICIOUS!! i’m retired, I live alone, so I bought a roll of cookie dough and cut it into slices, just enough to make one croissant. I freeze the rest. whenever I have my oven on I bake one of these.” —Southern Belle
Pumpkin Cheesecake Squares
One unexpected yet brilliant addition to these bars? A layer of cinnamon chips that melt into the prepared sugar cookie crust as bakes. The hardest part of this recipe is waiting for the pumpkin filling to set so you can dive in.
Tasty Table Lights
“What fun cookies! This is definitely one of those recipes you want to make with your kids and family–it’s fun, and goes more smoothly with more helping hands!” —Kim
Coffee-Flavored Cookie Dough Milkshake
This recipe yields a smooth cookie dough ice cream milkshake with a hint of coffee flavor. “Let’s give this 10 stars!” says Allrecipes member Chef Mo. “Add extra instant coffee!!”
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
One reviewer had great success using prepared sugar cookie dough instead of the from-scratch version—a great option to save time. You could even double the peanut butter flavor with prepared peanut butter cookie dough
