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> 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
>
> If the temperature of your oven is off by the same amount at any set
> temperature then you might be able to remove the temperature control
> knob and adjust it so it shows the correct temperature. That way you
> won't have to remember to adjust the temperature for a given recipe.
> When the oven is set to bake do both heating elements come on? If the
> top element is coming on along with the bottom element it may be
> toasting your brownies.
>

In some ovens, the top element comes on during preheat. But, if it comes on
after that, it's either a badly designed oven, or it's broken.