Originally Posted by
QuiltE
If you like the cookies you have, try adding an extra egg.
The egg will give you a softer texture, tending towards cake-like.
I do this all the time with several different cookie recipes.
The hardness could also be caused by a hotter oven and/or too long of a bake.
It's easy to over bake cookies, thinking they aren't quite baked,
and yet they really are ready to remove from the oven.
Then let sit on the cookie sheet for a while before transferring to a wire rack.
I just wanted to say that adding an extra egg may make them puff up a little when baking. This is normal and they will “fall” as they cool, leaving a more chewy cookie. Also, if you want them to be even softer, and you like dried fruit, you can soak 1: .25 (ex. 1 cup raisins or cranberries and add 1/4 cup boiling water, cover and let soak covered by a plate or lid, until liquid is gone (a clear glass bowl or measuring cup, is great for checking to see if the liquid is gone) you can then add them to the cookies and also will make a softer chewy cookie. Grandma taught me that trick.