Why can't chocolate chip cookies be soft after they are baked?

I can only suggest not baking them for so long. Leave some of the moisture in.

I do, and it sucks cause when I take them out of the oven they wanna fall apart, but the next hour they are hard, they still taste good, but are hard unless you soak them in milk.

Read these tips from my favorite baking website.

This one is about cookie ingredients and the role each plays in a cookie's taste and texture.

http://www.baking911.com/cookies/101_tips.htm

This one is specifically about the category of drop cookies, of which chocolate chip cookies are a member.

http://www.baking911.com/cookies/drop.htm

This one contains tips specifically for chocolate chip cookies.

http://www.baking911.com/cookies/chocolate_chip.htm

This is the recommended chocolate chip recipe from the professional baker that runs the website. It is from Alton Brown of the Good Eats show on the Food Network:

http://www.baking911.com/recipes/cookies/chocolate_chip_chewy.htm

And these are variations on the same recipe by Alton Brown that have differing desired outcomes of either chewy cookies, puffy cookies and thin cookies.

http://www.baking911.com/recipes/cookies/chocchip_3ways.htm

This is the hour long episode Alton devoted to the chemistry of cookie making where he demonstrates the chocolate chip cookie recipe variations.

Part 1


Part 2

You might not be putting enough brown sugar in them, ad also try using criso instead of butter. They celll criso in blocks/sticks, that might make a difference. My friend uses crisco and her cookies always come out perfect! Also check the brown sugar thing, I think it is what makes the cookies soft. Don't seal them up right away either let them sit out for a while.

Grandma used to put a piece of bread in the jar if she wanted to soften cookies.
Try it- the bread becomes hard and the cookies soft!

I was going to suggest the piece of bread too!

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