Soft Coolies

This is a real mystery. I used to make crisp cookies up until about five years ago and then suddenly, soft cookies. Not that I don`t like soft cookies but they are not good to store. They stick together and will crumble
When I say I tried everything, I mean EVERYTHING!!
I tried just shortening, just butter. Half shortening, half butter. More flour, less flour. Same with eggs and sugar. I tried different baking pans and different methods of cooling. Different oven temp. I still got soft cookies.
I tried a shortbread cookie that was guaranteed to turn out crisp. Well, guess what?
I am a profesional baker and this has me totaly stumped

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Replies:

	ISO: Crispy turns to soft
	Candy,Ohio - 8-16-2001
	MSG ID: 0210123
	1	Interesting!
		Judy Lee/MI - 8-17-2001
		MSG ID: 0210125
	2	Recipe(tried): Chocolate Chip Cookies (starts crispy goes soft)
		Candy, Ohio - 8-17-2001
		MSG ID: 0210127
	3	I know what you mean
		Dawn S Ohio - 8-18-2001
		MSG ID: 0210128
	4	Thank You: Sorry Dawn
		Candy, Ohio - 8-18-2001
		MSG ID: 0210130
	5	Causes for soft cookies
		Janet/MO - 8-18-2001
		MSG ID: 0210131
	6	Soft Coolies
		Dawn S Ohio - 8-18-2001
		MSG ID: 0210134
	7	Cookie texture
		Susan, Hawaii - 8-18-2001
		MSG ID: 0210137
	8	Thank You: Gonna try again
		Candy, Ohio - 8-18-2001
		MSG ID: 0210138
	9	Sorry didn't reply sooner
		Judy Lee/MI - 8-20-2001
		MSG ID: 0210150
	10	ISO: Change in margarine
		Ellen in Missouri - 8-21-2001
		MSG ID: 0210152
	11	Recipe: Chips Ahoy Clone Recipe
		Sandi in SC - 8-23-2001
		MSG ID: 0210169
	12	Margarine woes
		SC, FL - 8-23-2001
		MSG ID: 0210170
	13	Recipe(tried): Chewy cookies for Sandi in SC
		Janet/MO - 8-24-2001
		MSG ID: 0210174
	14	Recipe(tried): For Sandi in SC: Chewy cookies
		Janet/MO - 8-24-2001
		MSG ID: 0210179
	15	Thank You: Janet/Mo
		Sandi in SC - 8-27-2001
		MSG ID: 0210196

Title:	Soft Coolies
Board:	All Baking and Breadmaking at Recipelink.com
From:	Dawn S Ohio 8-18-2001
To:	ISO: Crispy turns to soft
MSG ID: 0210134

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