How do you keep sugar cookies to remian moist after cooking them?

Question

Every year I hand roll-out, cut out and decorate sugar cookies to give to loved ones. I have not mastered the trick to keeping them moist. After they come out of the oven and cool down they always get a little hard but not too hard. I need some ideas on how to keep them moist in the container.

Answer 1

put a piece of bread in the cookie jar

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Putting a slice of bread in the container w/the cookies is the best bet. It really works.
And...if you have a bag of brown sugar that has turned rock hard sitting in the cupboard put a slice of bread in the bag, seal it up and by the next day it will be just as it was when you bought it.

Answer 4

I'm not sure if this will work for sugar cookies, but, whenever I get something that starts to get too crunchy, I have a water spray bottle and give the food item in question a light spray with water and put it in the microwave for 15 to 30 seconds to soften it up. That's if you don't mind them being warm when you eat them. This works well for donuts that you cannot finish the day before.

Answer 5

I've done the bread thing - it works. The bread gets hard as a rock - but the cookies stay moist.

Answer 6

Sugar cookies are supposed to be crunchy, if you want something more moist try making and decorating shortbread cookies.

Answer 7

When you put them in a container put a piece of moist bread in with them

Answer 8

place in tupperware and separate with wax paper to keep them from sticking together. for a softer cookie, take them out of the oven a little sooner.

Answer 9

The bread idea sounds good, but keep them in air-tight containers such as cookie tins, tupperware, etc.

Answer 10

Wrap them in Saran wrap in the container.