10,000 freeze recipes

Pretzel and peanut butter truffles roll crunchy peanut butter and chopped salted pretzels into bites, freeze them firm, and dip in melted milk chocolate. Three ingredients and no baking required.

Green tomato puree simmered two hours with just water and sugar, then blended smooth. A tangy pasta sauce that turns unripe end-of-season tomatoes into something worth keeping. Freezes beautifully.

Mexican-style chili with ground chuck, kidney beans, three cans of tomatoes, and green chili salsa simmered low for three hours. A big-batch chili built to feed a crowd, freeze well, and taste better on day two.

Luscious frozen yogurt pie spreads vanilla frozen yogurt over a graham-and-carob crumb crust, freezes solid, and finishes with a drizzle of carob-peanut sauce. A 4-ingredient no-bake freezer dessert.

Loaded Tex-Mex casserole with brown rice, zucchini, turkey sausage, corn, and a creamy pepper Jack cheese sauce, topped with cream cheese and pickled jalapenos. Feeds a crowd and freezes like a champ.

Slice and bake gingersnap cookies with molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. Make the dough, freeze in logs, and bake fresh cookies anytime for up to six months.

Pizza dough made with bread flour for a chewy, crisp crust with real stretch. One easy batch rolls into big thin-crust pizzas, and the dough freezes beautifully for later.

Pillowy soft yeast buns enriched with cream, eggs, and a touch of corn syrup, brushed with butter and finished with a sweet cream glaze. Makes 4 dozen and freezes beautifully.

Mushroom turnovers in a cream cheese pastry with a sauteed mushroom-cream filling and optional sherry. An elegant make-ahead appetizer that freezes well before baking.

Oatmeal griddle cakes made with cooked oatmeal and evaporated milk for thick, hearty pancakes. Freeze extras and reheat in the toaster for a quick weekday breakfast.

Margarita ice cream pie folds tequila, triple sec, and frozen lemonade concentrate into softened vanilla ice cream, then freezes solid in a graham cracker crust. The frozen cocktail in pie form for summer parties.

Plum torte presses Italian prune plums into a buttery cake batter, dusts with cinnamon-sugar and lemon juice, and bakes for an hour. The classic NYT September torte that freezes for winter.

Buttery slice-and-bake cookies studded with candied fruit, walnuts, and raisins. Freeze the dough ahead, slice thin, and bake for festive sparkle in every bite.

Homemade graham cracker pie crust with butter, sugar, and a dash of baking soda. Bakes thin and crisp, makes two crusts, and freezes beautifully for later.

Make-ahead slice-and-bake hermit cookies with five warming spices, plump raisins, and buttery dough. Roll into logs, freeze, slice, and bake fresh cookies anytime.

Oatmeal coconut crisps made with butter, brown sugar, and quick oats for thin, crispy edges and chewy centers. A big-batch cookie recipe that freezes beautifully.