I made cookie dough five days ago, and it's been in the refrigerator covered since then, unbaked (so far). do you think the dough is ok to bake and eat?

I bet it is. I love cookie dough and have eaten it baked and unbaked way over 5 days old. Give it a try. Too much work for you to just toss it.

If it’s been in the refrigerator this whole time then they should be fine. You can refrigerate even freeze most cookie doughs for days even a few weeks.

its fine. enjoy!

Four votes for yes.

Your good, no worries.

I say yes, too. It should be fine.

Should be no problem. Bake and enjoy!

Yep. I bet the stuff in the tube at the store is older than that.

When I made my gingerbread cookies I had to chill the dough for at least two days after I made it. I’m sure it’s absolutely fine.

If you’ve already made the investment of work and ingredients, and all that’s left is the baking, I’d say go ahead and fill a sheet and stick it in the oven. Then taste the cookies. You might have to taste, oh, six or ten to be sure. If they’re really not ok, you throw them out baked instead of raw. I’m betting that won’t happen.

Should be no problem. My mom used to do this all the time.

Bake them! We’ll be happy to help you test them ; )

Did that just the other week with my Molasses Ginger Crinkles They were delish!

I usually make up chocolate chip cookie dough and leave itin the fridge and bake it up a tray at a time over a few days. Ideally, I think about 3 days is as much as you generally want to leave dough in the fridge (can be frozen for much longer), but I’m sure 5 days won’t matter.

Have you baked them? How were they?

@Cooks, those sound wonderful. Any great crime if you omit the candied ginger? I have everything else on hand and am not acquainted with candied ginger, but it sounds scary, like the little weird colored bits of candied fruit that make fruitcake so alarming.

Jeruba: That candied fruit is gross, but candied ginger really isn’t like that. It’s just chunks of ginger that have been preserved using sugar. They’re very strongly ginger flavored. If you have a Whole Foods nearby, that’s a good place to get a few in bulk and see if you like them. (I do.)

@Jeruba you can leave the ginger out if you want. It’s what makes the cookie so good though. I can get my candied ginger at the local Winco in the bulk section. They have it with the bulk spices. After making this cookie my kids started to take off with my candied ginger so I have to buy like 3x the amount I need. Sneaky boogers!

Candied Ginger = spicy, chewy, sweet. Mmmm

Cookie update: i took the dough to my mom’s house for a party and i baked them and they were fine. i got compliments on them, and nobody died of food poisoning. I’m giving you all “good answers” – thanks for the advice.

By the way, somewhat off the topic, but not way off, have you seen what bakeries charge for cookies? like $15 a pound where I live. It’s crazy. and a pound is not that many if you want to bring something nice to someone’s house.

Yeah, that’s when I tell the kids wanna make some cookies? Matter of fact sometimes I get motivated and make a massive amount of dough and freeze it.