Why do a batch of cookies weigh less after they are baked than the dough?

Subject: Why do a batch of cookies weigh less after they are baked than the dough?

Date: Sat Feb 5 12:38:29 2000
Posted by Samantha Orland
Grade level: K-3 School: Bettye Haun Elementary
City: Plano State/Province: TX Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 949775909.Ph

Message:


I measured all the ingrediants I used to make a batch of cookie dough and 
then I weighed the finished cookies.  The baked cookies weighed less than 
the dough.  Why is that?

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