Secret to keeping cookies soft

[Ilmater]

We baked some cookies last night, and they were PERFECT coming out of the oven... just slightly crispy on top, and incredibly soft everywhere else. Once they cooled off, we put them into an air-tight container, and by morning, they were dry.

Does anyone have a secret to keeping cookies soft?

 

[newb111]

lots of butter

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Put a piece of bread in the container.

 

[Juno]

MICROWAVE 'EM.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Put a piece of bread in the container.

That's what I do. Works magic

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: Ilmater
We baked some cookies last night, and they were PERFECT coming out of the oven... just slightly crispy on top, and incredibly soft everywhere else. Once they cooled off, we put them into an air-tight container, and by morning, they were dry.

Does anyone have a secret to keeping cookies soft?

were they still soft after they cooled off?

 

[Casawi]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Put a piece of bread in the container.

That's what I do. Works magic

I confirm that is the trick !

 

[heathertre]

Cook them slightly less than the required time. I find that works for me.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Casawi

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Put a piece of bread in the container.

That's what I do. Works magic

I confirm that is the trick !

Seriously? I'll have to try that sometime. I wonder how the hell that works...

 

[shortylickens]

Lard.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Seriously? I'll have to try that sometime. I wonder how the hell that works...

Moisture in the bread. In a few days it will be like cardboard and you'll have to add a new slice.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Seriously? I'll have to try that sometime. I wonder how the hell that works...

Moisture in the bread. In a few days it will be like cardboard and you'll have to add a new slice.

Exactly. Its basically a diffusion gradient. Moisture travels from the high concentration (bread) to the low concentration (cookies).

 

[0roo0roo]

apple slice.

 

[Baked]

Fat. Lots and lots of fat. Fat makes everything soft and chewy... like your mom.

 

[sandorski]

eat the dough!

 

[Terabyte]

Originally posted by: Baked
Fat. Lots and lots of fat. Fat makes everything soft and chewy... like your mom.

hahaha

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Juno
MICROWAVE 'EM.

 

[imported_nightfox]

Soak in warm water.

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: sandorski
eat the dough!

WE DID THAT ALREADY!

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

In general the more butter you put the recipe the softer they will be for longer. Now if you don't want to have a heart attack there is always sealing the container with bread in it (but you need to make sure they don't get TOO soft).

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Cerpin Taxt

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Seriously? I'll have to try that sometime. I wonder how the hell that works...

Moisture in the bread. In a few days it will be like cardboard and you'll have to add a new slice.

Exactly. Its basically a diffusion gradient. Moisture travels from the high concentration (bread) to the low concentration (cookies).

You learn something new everyday I tell you!

Thanks for the explanation Cerpin Taxt! :beer:

 

[ManyBeers]

It's been awhile since i made cookies but if i remember correctly you need to add baking soda to your mix if you want softer cookies.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: heathertre
Cook them slightly less than the required time. I find that works for me.

Yep...

Another common mistake is to let them cool on the cookie sheet. You need to take them off the cookie sheet and put them on cooling racks as soon as you can get a spatula under them. The problem is that they continue to cook after you take them out...so for instance, if the recipe calls for 12 minutes of cooking, I'll take them out at 10 minutes and remove them from the rack to stop the cooking process.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: heathertre
Cook them slightly less than the required time. I find that works for me.

I do that too.

 

[moshquerade]

eat them all before they get hard.