Burned my third batch of cookies until I found the oven rack trick

I was getting so mad baking chocolate chip cookies because the bottoms would burn but the tops were still raw. This happened like 4 times in a row last month in my apartment in Austin. I tried lowering the temp to 325 but that just made them flat. Then a friend told me to move the rack to the upper third of the oven instead of the middle. I was skeptical but I tried it on a Saturday night and it worked perfectly. The cookies baked even and the bottoms were golden brown instead of black. Has anyone else had this problem with a smaller electric oven or is it just my crappy Whirlpool?

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kai8391d agoTop Commenter

Wait so was the rack in the middle or lower when you were burning the bottoms? Ive got a small electric oven too and I swear it runs hot on the bottom no matter what. I moved my rack to the top third like your friend said and it helped but I still get weird hot spots sometimes. Have you tried rotating the pan halfway through? Thats what finally got mine consistent but its annoying to babysit them. My oven is a Frigidaire not a Whirlpool so maybe its just all small electric ovens acting up.

brooke4481d ago

Wow hold up, you burned them so bad the smoke alarm went off???

lisas781d ago

Oh man, the "babysitting them" part is too real. I feel that. I do rotate the pan halfway through, and it helps a little but not totally. My oven is a GE and I swear the bottom element just has a mind of its own. I actually burned the bottoms on a batch of cookies so bad last week the smoke alarm went off. That was fun. I tried putting a baking sheet on the rack below to deflect some heat, which has worked okay for muffins but not for cookies. Honestly I think these small electric ovens are just cursed.