I want to make cookies as one of my wedding favors (chocolate hazlenut merlot to go with my mini-theme [or 'leit motif' if you will ] of wine stuff). I made a test round and they were REALLY tasty (I was shocked) but they dried out over the next day or 2. How can I keep them moist if I make them the week before? Or at least keep them from being quite so dry? Thanks!
As an aside ... should I just hire a bakery to do this? Can I 'hire' someone to make a very specific type of cookie?
mbm750
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Anyway to make the dough ahead of time and freeze it, but bake the cookies themselves only a couple days ahead of time, either by you or a friend? And, depending on how they're packaged, the packaging could be made ready too.
ETA: those sound delicious by the way!
BlondeJD
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Posted by mbm750
Anyway to make the dough ahead of time and freeze it, but bake the cookies themselves only a couple days ahead of time, either by you or a friend? And, depending on how they're packaged, the packaging could be made ready too.
ETA: those sound delicious by the way!
I think the dough would freeze well, but I'm concerned about the cookies being really dry after only a day like they were this time. I think maybe it's because I made them pretty thick? I'm not very experienced in baking so I don't know what screws these things up
Shorty McBride
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baker's trick! put a slice of white bread in the container w/ the cookies.
It always keeps the cookies fresher longer. try it, it works!
I learned it from my Mom's uncle, who was a baker for 50 years.
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Growing up when my mother would make triple batches of cookies she always use to store them in tupperware with 1-2 slices of bread, and they were always very moist. I recently sent a package to a friend in Iraq doing the same thing and he said they were very fresh tasting, and not hard like his moms, lol who didn't use the bread. HTH
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This definitely works....I do it all the time. Once the cookies are baked and you store them in a rubbermaid bin. After a couple of days they will not be as moist. Put a piece of white bread in the bin with the cookies and close the lid. The cookies with stay moist. It is weird but WORKS!
mbm750
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I'm not sure what makes cookies moist either - if you have the food network, I'd see if Alton Brown has a cookie show. He's very into the science of cooking/baking and would have that info. If you don't have the food network, I'd look up www.foodtv.com - that's their website and check out some of his recipes - sometimes he comments on them. He might have posted baking tips too. Good luck!
Ps - could you freeze the cookies themselves once baked? I wonder if that would work... might be worth testing out. Also, how are they sealed?
AJsMommy122
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Marshmellow fluff!!!
I had never heard of it before but my MIL uses it in EVERYTHING its dosent add a taste at all but keeps everything so soft and moist!!!!! Brownies instead of lasting a day or 2 stay over a week and it still tastes like its fresh out of the oven! That stuff is GREAT!
mbm750
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Posted by Shorty McBride
baker's trick! put a slice of white bread in the container w/ the cookies.
It always keeps the cookies fresher longer. try it, it works!
I learned it from my Mom's uncle, who was a baker for 50 years.
That's amazing, and really cool to learn!
BlondeJD
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You girls are awesome!! Thanks for all the tips! I might try another batch when I'm home this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes
