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When bread is hard, there's often some residual water being held by the proteins and starch in the dough. You can use a microwave trick to make dough soft again. The way a microwave heats is by making water molecules vibrate vigorously within food, giving off heat. Microwaving stale bread will release the bound water and soften the bread, but eat it right away because it will harden again quickly. You can lightly toast it after microwaving. Wrapping a baguette with a damp towel and baking it for a little while also works, it just takes longer.