I HATE MY OVEN!!!
ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!
I hate my oven. Absolutely hate it!
So I go ahead this past weekend to try a new - old recipe from the vintage cookbook and my oven stinks!
The oven is supposed to set to 350 and bake for about 40 minutes - it was still mush! I looked at our oven thermometer and it read 300!!!
And we just got it fixed about three months ago. Grrrrrr.
I was not happy.
Anyway, here's the recipe - doesn't state where it's from just that it's from 1940
1 c. flour
1 tsp. baking poweder
1/4 c. melted unsalted butter
1 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
4 tbsp. water
Preheat oven to 350
Beat eggs until they are pale yellow and slightly thickened.
Add the sugar and mix well.
Mix the flour and the baking powder in a separate bowl and slowly fold into mixture.
Add the butter and vanilla and water.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Now here's my question: Did everyone have electric mixers then? Because certain recipes that my grandmother had do not work if I use a mixer - we had to alter it in order to do this. In order to follow her recipe directly, we have to use a hand wisk or a wooden spoon.
Maybe - in addition to the oven not working properly - that I ruined the consistency by using an electric mixer? Hmmm....something to ponder.
I hate my oven. Absolutely hate it!
So I go ahead this past weekend to try a new - old recipe from the vintage cookbook and my oven stinks!
The oven is supposed to set to 350 and bake for about 40 minutes - it was still mush! I looked at our oven thermometer and it read 300!!!
And we just got it fixed about three months ago. Grrrrrr.
I was not happy.
Anyway, here's the recipe - doesn't state where it's from just that it's from 1940
1 c. flour
1 tsp. baking poweder
1/4 c. melted unsalted butter
1 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
4 tbsp. water
Preheat oven to 350
Beat eggs until they are pale yellow and slightly thickened.
Add the sugar and mix well.
Mix the flour and the baking powder in a separate bowl and slowly fold into mixture.
Add the butter and vanilla and water.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Now here's my question: Did everyone have electric mixers then? Because certain recipes that my grandmother had do not work if I use a mixer - we had to alter it in order to do this. In order to follow her recipe directly, we have to use a hand wisk or a wooden spoon.
Maybe - in addition to the oven not working properly - that I ruined the consistency by using an electric mixer? Hmmm....something to ponder.
posted by P at
9:54 AM
3 Comments:
Sounds like an episode of Martha Stewart. Cooking with vintage cookbooks and antique kitchen tools :)
By
Lauren, At
10:58 AM
my oven likes to go the other direction and shoot up to 5-600 degrees...
I think you're right about the electric mixers. I've been known to overbeat eggs because of mine, and kind of get harder chewier cookies...
By
Stacey, At
1:13 PM
Haha. It does sound like a question for Martha! Perhaps I should phone in?
By
P, At
1:22 PM
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