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Reply to "Cookies Got Too Hard/Dried Out While I Was Working"

Okay, I have some good news to report.

I put three cookies in separate small tupperware type of containers last night: one with half a slice of plain oatmeal bread, one with a slice of apple (less than 1/4), and one with two big marshmallows (another of the advised rehydrating additions).

The marshmallow, which I would have preferred to work for reasons of flavor/ease/stability, did nothing. But both the apple and the bread seem to have worked. I will probably have to sacrifice a cookie to taste/double check, but very careful poking at the bottom of the cookies reveals some give, as well as a very careful little bending at the corner. Feel like their old selves. As I said I don't usually have this problem. I use a recipe that is designed for them to stay somewhat soft.

Now I have to see if this will work on a large bunch of cookies at once, in a container less easy to make airtight. I will probably use bread, not apple, because I don't want a strong apple flavor/old apple smell, and try it overnight again.

I spent dozens of hours on these cookies (literally! I work slowly and was trying to figure out technique in each stage, so worked out to 2 hours per, probably) and really needed to save them. So I'm glad. Thanks for letting me cry help here! Will report again if there's more to know. Would be happy for any other info/input, goes without saying. Can't be the only cookier who's had this problem.

Last edited by IllustratedCookies
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