Keep COOKIES from getting SOFT & stale in humid weather

My grandmother always put a piece of plain white (or wheat) bread in the cookie jar, to keep cookies from getting soft or sticking to each other in humid weather. 

Since I put my homemade cookies on a cake platter, I never overlap the cookies... I put a piece of soft bread in the middle of each layer ~ cover with a piece of paper towel ~ and make about 3 layers of cookies.  This keeps them from getting too soft, sticking together or crumbling when you pick them up (especially when it's hot and HUMID out)