Anonymous wrote:Never store cookie and cake/ breads in the same bin, the cookies will absorb moisture and become soft.
Yes, I forget that not everyone knows this. When I was a kid, whenever we had stale cookies, the solution was to put a slice of white bread (white bread usually has the most moisture) into an airtight container with the cookies and in a few hours, the cookies would no longer be stale. I've used that many times over the years including when you've made cookies and then frozen them and then thawed them. Sometimes the water in the cookies freezes and then evaporates as they thaw leaving the cookies drier/more stale. The slice of bread always freshens them up.