Freshly baked bread loaves on bakery shelves - Luis Alvarez/Getty Images While store-bought bread often lasts almost a week or more thanks to additives and preservatives, fresh loaves from the bakery ...

While store-bought bread often lasts almost a week or more thanks to additives and preservatives, fresh loaves from the bakery section seem to harden overnight. Luckily, there's one trick we learned — ...