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[valkryor]

I have ... been failing at baking lately.

It's somewhat embarrassing to make something (including a recipe that I've made more times in my life than I could possibly count) and have it just...fail. I think the first thing I need to do is get an oven thermometer, to see if my oven is actually the temperature it's SUPPOSED to be at. After that, I can try to adjust other things as I go.

This is rather fucking frustrating. I used to be so good at this. What the fuck happened?

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[clawfoot]

Ugh, I hate it when that happens. I made rice krispie squares the other day, and the chocolate ones just didn't turn out, and I have no idea why. They were fine, but DIFFERENT and nowhere near as tasty as they usually are.

How can you mess up RICE KRISPIE SQUARES??

[shanmonster]

I've begun turning up my oven 15 degrees higher than called for, and it's made all the difference. My baking/roasting was failing until I did this. I hope you sort out what's going on!

[valkryor]

The occasional fuck up I can understand; sometimes beloved recipes that you could make asleep just fail. It happens. But a string of them? That's just not right.

[valkryor]

I ordered an oven thermometer online. It was inexpensive, but a worthy investment for my frustration levels.

[valkryor]

Ha! New oven thermometer says my oven is ~20-25 degrees F cooler than it should be. Stupid oven. At least now I know what the problem is and can adjust my baking accordingly.

[valkryor]

Definitely not right. It's so not right that my shiny new oven thermometer says my oven about 20-25 degrees F cooler than it ought to be. Now that I know, I can adjust. Phew!

[cinnamaldehyde]

I'm pleased to have arrived here to read that it wasn't your fail, it was oven fail! :D

[valkryor]

I have since made a cake and it turned out! So happy that it was an easy problem to both diagnose and fix.