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My oven runs cold and I finally fixed it with a $5 oven thermometer.
For a year, my cakes were dense and my cookies spread into one giant sheet. I followed recipes exactly but things kept coming out wrong. I blamed my flour, my mixing, everything but the oven. Then I saw a comment on a baking blog about checking oven temp. I bought a basic oven thermometer from the grocery store and hung it on the rack. Preheated to 350, it only read 300. That explained a lot. Now I set my oven dial to 385 to get a real 350, and my bakes have been perfect. Has anyone else had to adjust their oven temp by a huge amount like that?
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oliver52323d ago
Yeah, that's super common with older ovens. Mine was off by almost 40 degrees too. The thermometer is the best five bucks you'll spend in the kitchen.
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thea24623d ago
Right? My old one was so off it ruined a whole batch of cookies... glad you mentioned that, @oliver523.
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