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1 To freeze butter, wrap tightly in heavy-duty aluminum foil or plastic freezer wrap, or place inside a heavy-duty freezer bag. Frozen  salted butter will generally keep longer (up to 9 months for best quality) than unsalted butter (5-6 months for best quality).
If you are using butter, If you are using butter, there are a few things you can do to assure your cookies don't spread as much. 1.) cut in the cold butter instead of using room temp. 2.) If your cookies call for baking soda-use baking powder instead. 3.) freeze the dough 30 mins before using.