madjoOct 20

When baking, if your oven can't reach the temperature stated in the recipe, do you then just adjust for time?

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When baking, if your oven can't reach the temperature stated in the recipe, do you then just adjust for time? - feddit.nl

I have an oven that’s rated to reach 200 degrees C (around 400-ish in F) (I can’t put in higher temperatures on the device), but some recipes tell you to bake at higher temps than that. Does that mean that I can’t bake that item in my oven, or can I just adjust for time? Let’s say the recipe says to bake at 225 degrees C for 25 minutes, I then bake it for 35 minutes at 200?

Show threadSend Pics of SandwichesOct 20
I think with some recipes you could get away with it, but I don’t think baking in particular will be very forgiving of temperature changes
Show threadApepollo11Oct 20

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“Cooking is art, baking is science”

With very simple recipes, e.g. white bread, you might get away with it.

The more ingredients you add, the more chance something won’t behave quite as it should.

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I also know that sometimes different cooking temperatures are written if the oven is a fan-driven oven or a conventional oven. Which makes the science a bit trickier.
Oct 20 at 10:47amWeb
Show threadOnomatopoeiaOct 20
That’s because convection is a faster bake.