True or False? Freezing bread with cookies = not stale?

Moderator Joined: Jun 05 2011 Posts: 3372

Is it true that if you freeze a piece of bread along with a bag of cookies, the bread will absorb moisture and the cookies will be less stale and more fresh when you take them out of the freezer?

I'm making a trillion rugelach right now, so I'd love to know for when I start wrapping them up to freeze them later.

TIA!
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Platinum Member Joined: Nov 17 2008 Posts: 5047

Never heard of that, but I think the key is to wrap them well. Always double wrap -- like 2 sealed ziplock bags. Wrapping in foil isn't good enough. I'd even ideally wrap in foil first and then in 2 ziplocks.
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Posted: Wed, Jan 11 2012, 5:50 pm Post subject:

Good plastic containers also help.

Bread is one of the first things in my freezer to go stale. Once there is something stale it tends to share its stale taste, so I could see the bread idea totally backfiring. I haven't tried it to know though.
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Gold Member Joined: Nov 17 2010 Posts: 1189

Liba, I agree with your suggestion of using a good plastic container. That always works well for me. I never heard of the bread idea either, but I've frozen all sorts of cookies in plastic containers with excellent results.

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48136

I've heard that for storage out of the fridge or freezer, not in. but try it and see how it goes for you. and report back, if you remember.

Moderator Joined: Jun 05 2011 Posts: 3372

Thanks, everyone!

Now someone told me that storing a paper towel with frozen cookies will help, as that will absorb excess moisture. This didn't sound too risky, so I tried it.