when you put a piece of bread in a container with cookies it keeps the cookies soft.
2006-06-29 11:49:16 · 11 answers · asked by bap_359 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
"Sugar is by nature highly hydroscopic, meaning that it attracts moisture. Cookies are much higher in sugar than bread, but lower in moisture. When bread and cookies are placed together in a closed container, the moisture in the bread raises the ambient humidity. In an attempt to equalize the moisture levels of the two, the sugar in the cookies attracts the humidity provided by the bread and the cookies soften."
2006-06-29 11:54:07 · answer #1 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-13 02:02:54 · answer #2 · answered by Phillip 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soften Cookies With Bread
2017-01-11 19:13:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know. Bread is more moist than a cookie because it has no sugar as opposed to cookies which have a high sugar content. So the moisture from the bread transfers to the cookies.
2006-06-29 12:00:19 · answer #4 · answered by maryc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandma always does this and I guess it's because the moisture from the bread is soaked up by the cookies and in turn the cookies are soft.
2006-06-29 11:55:22 · answer #5 · answered by Emilee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moisture from the bread goes to the cookies.
2006-06-29 11:52:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the bread soaks up the extra moisture which dries the cookies out.
2006-06-29 11:53:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It has preservatives in it that are usually able to keep most other items in the same container fresh as well.
2006-06-29 11:54:29 · answer #8 · answered by wikkidsyns 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its like putting a plain Saltine cracker in ur sugar dispenser, the cracker absorbs the moisture, and therefore, no more sugar clumps.
2006-06-29 12:53:45 · answer #9 · answered by DodgerBlueFan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never heard of that but im going to have to try it.
2006-06-29 11:52:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋