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Burned my third batch of macarons at my aunt's house and finally figured out my oven problem
I've been trying to make macarons for like 6 months now and kept getting these uneven, cracked tops no matter what I did. Last weekend I was visiting my aunt in Phoenix and she let me use her kitchen to try again. Her oven is way older than mine, like a 1990s GE model that probably hasn't been calibrated in decades. I followed the same recipe I always do, and somehow they came out perfect, smooth tops, little feet and everything. That's when it hit me that my own oven runs way hotter than the dial says. I went home and stuck an oven thermometer in there, sure enough it was off by like 35 degrees. Now I adjust the temp down and suddenly my bakes are coming out right for the first time. Has anyone else had an oven that was lying to them for months?
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barnes.brian23d ago
Oven thermometers are cheap, this feels like a lot of drama over a simple fix.
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spencer19923d ago
Holy cow, for real. I just grabbed a cheap one off Amazon for like eight bucks and it solved all my guesswork with an old gas range I used to have. Never had to fight with the temp settings after that.
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