The holiday season has come and gone, and with so much time on our hands, some of us may have gone a bit ‘baking happy’ and made a bit more cookies than we could chew.

If you’re planning on sending leftovers into the compost because they’re now hard as a rock, hold that thought, and let science do the work! The Weather Network’s Nathan Coleman shows us how to bring moisture back to stale cookies in the video above.

All you need is a slice of bread and a container to bring freshness back to your stale cookies. Courtesy: Nathan Coleman

If you try this trick, please share your photos and experience with Nathan Coleman on Twitter!