On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:28:29 GMT, "laurie" > wrote:

>
>Nah, it's just a standard electric oven. Yesterday I took the magic bars
>out 5 minutes early (fairly significant when they're only supposed to cook
>for 25 min.), when the center was still sticky looking, and the edges are
>burned. It still seems like the center could have been cooked a bit more
>(though they're edible). The brownie recipe I tried last week actually was
>a new recipe, one with butter melting with the sugar on the stove first,
>maybe that had something to do with it. I've never made brownies that way
>before. But even my old standby recipe (aka Betty Crocker) has been
>burning around the edges. I'll break out the oven thermometer and check the
>temp. Thanks.
>
>laurie

I had a problem like this with my last electric oven.
Each time the oven cycled "ON" the radiant heat
from the elements would singe the baked goods.

Try putting a cookie sheet on the bottom shelf.
It'll temper the heat during the ON cycle.

My permanent cure was to put a perforated aluminum sheet
on the bottom shelf of the oven.
It dispursed the radiant heat during the ON cycle.
Never got edge-burning again.

<rj>