Overbaked cookies become what texture more quickly?

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Multiple Choice

Overbaked cookies become what texture more quickly?

Explanation:
Overbaking pulls moisture from the dough, drying the cookie out. That loss of moisture makes the texture hard, crumbly, and lacking freshness—what we describe as stale. Chewy and soft rely on retained moisture, which overbaking removes, so those textures don’t appear. You can get a crisper edge with extra drying, but the overall, quicker result of prolonged bake is a stale texture.

Overbaking pulls moisture from the dough, drying the cookie out. That loss of moisture makes the texture hard, crumbly, and lacking freshness—what we describe as stale. Chewy and soft rely on retained moisture, which overbaking removes, so those textures don’t appear. You can get a crisper edge with extra drying, but the overall, quicker result of prolonged bake is a stale texture.

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