Why do hot liquids break down the structural integrity of a biscuit/cookie so much quicker than cold liquids?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Cookies are sugar and butter. Put butter and sugar in cold water and watch what happens. Then put it in the microwave.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Id say im 99% certain that its just faster molecules interact more with other molecules (of the cookies/biscuits) causing the liquid to be absorbed faster. Similarly how hot liquids dissolve sugar/salt faster than colder liquids.

Hot=faster and more interactions

Anonymous 0 Comments

Hot stuff melts the fats of food quicker, and generally when a solid/liquid/gas is hot the molecules move faster and can break weaker bonds as heat energy moves to something else.

The biscuit is to weak to handle the high energy