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Burn, baby, burn

Very burnt cookiesI like this recipe for cookies. What I don’t like is that my oven is running 200 degrees hotter than it should.

See those cookies that look like they are completely burned? That’s how much was left on the pan after I chiseled the rest away. I don’t use the word chisel, hyperbolically.

Nice, huh?

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9 Comments

  1. Julia Julia on 15.06.2008 at 19:32 (Reply)

    I’ll stick with eating Keebler Chips Deluxe straight out of the bag like the philistine I am. I’m not very good with desserts in general.

    I wonder what could be wrong with your oven to make it do *that*.

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 16.06.2008 at 01:57 (Reply)

      Well, it is ancient and was not in good shape when we moved in.

  2. Dan Dan on 15.06.2008 at 19:57 (Reply)

    The sensor went out on my oven a while back, and I got this weird error message (with alarms), telling me that my over was suffering a “runaway temperature.” Apparently, the oven’s solution to this is to lock the door, turn itself off, and just sort of sit there denying anything ever happened.

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 16.06.2008 at 01:57 (Reply)

      So…you have a passive aggressive oven?

  3. Mike F Mike F on 15.06.2008 at 21:48 (Reply)

    I burn cookies sometiems too, but my oven is not to blame. Lucky for me, my wife likes them a little well done. Though those might be beyond what she will eat. :)

    Funny thing is, my sister just called and said she keeps burning cookies too. Maybe she has the same problem.

  4. momk momk on 15.06.2008 at 21:55 (Reply)

    Perhaps it is an appropriate time
    for the COOKIE MOM-STER to mail a
    care package to Manhattan?

    1. Jeff Jeff on 16.06.2008 at 02:00 (Reply)

      Forget Manhatten… Tulsa needs cookies!

    2. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 16.06.2008 at 02:04 (Reply)

      You know I won’t say no to that. Mm… I love your cookies.

  5. Sixth & Elm Sixth & Elm on 15.06.2008 at 22:07 (Reply)

    Weirdly, I caught a faint wiff of burned cookie as I read this….

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