Yay! That was going to be my suggestion. My old apartment had an oven that BAKED everything to death because it was higher temps.
Now you got me in the mood to bake some apple cake. Mmmm…apple cake.
Several people have already mentioned Alton Brown, but in his cookie show, “Three Chips for Sister Marsha”, he goes into the details of what ingredients do what to cookies. If you pull the transcript off of The Good Eats Fan Page, you can tweak your favorite recipe to produce different results. I’m a big fan of The Chewy, myself, and have a batch of the dough in the fridge right now. Mmmm… buttery goodness…
So can I ask a stupid question? How did you guys figure out how much hotter your oven was running?
I suspect it’s true of my oven, but I don’t know how to measure how hot it’s actually running.
more gooey?
just don’t cook 'em !
[Homer/ mmmmmmmmmm, forbidden cookie dough /Homer]
You can buy an oven thermometer in any kitchen store – and probably your grocery store. They’re really cheap ($5 - $25 or so). While you’re there, get a refrigerator thermometer (same price range) for your refrigerator, too – they also tend to be hard to get to the exact temp you want to keep vegetables (or ice cream, if that’s your thing) at.
Be careful when you use them, though – refrigerator thermometers and oven thermometers are NOT interchangeable (at least not the cheap ones).
Wll, looky there. I’ve never noticed those before. I’ll be picking one up this weekend. Thanks!
I’ve found bi-metallic oven thermometers to be iffy and non-linear,and eventually they all fatigue. I’ve been using a homebrew RTD but if you’re a fan of Alton Brown I think he covered thermoms in a show.