I've tried several recipes in anticipation of Christmas - double chocolate cookies and an orange slice cookie that sort of resembles a miniature fruit cake. Here's the problem: The cookies are WONDERFUL right out of the oven, but after they cool awhile they just get dry and crumbly. Since I'm making cookies for gift baskets and others for holiday gatherings, I can't just serve them to everyone right out of the oven....am I doing something wrong, or are there cookie recipes that will stay moist and chewy the morning after? :-) (I typically use butter instead of margarine or shortening....could this be a factor?)
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Try decreasing the flour in the recipe by 2 tbsp. Sometimes flour can clump up and be "heavy". You can always bake a test cookie and see if they're too gooey. If so add 1 tbsp. flour and bake another. You can accomplish a lot by reducing the flour a little. Still too hard? Add another tbsp of butter and see if that helps. Store them with a cut apple or a piece of soft bread to keep them soft.
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