Woman bakes cookies in her car

by Nicole Weston, Posted Aug 4th 2006 @ 12:01PM

The expression that "it's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk" is a common one, but have you ever heard of someone baking cookies in their car? A woman in New Hampshire did just that, taking advantage of the extremely high heat that her area had been experiencing. With outdoor temperatures in the mid to upper 90s, the temperature in her RAV4 reached about 200F. She placed trays of prepared dough on her dashboard and went inside to wait with her coworkers for the cookies to be done.

The chef, Sandi Fontaine, has actually been doing these car cookies for about 3 years now, whenever the temperature climbs about 95F. She notes that an additional benefit of in-car baking is that the fresh cookie smell lingers in the car for many days after a batch has been completed.

Update: View photo here.

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Filed Under: Food Oddities, How To, Methods
Tags: bake, baking, baking cookies, BakingCookies, car, car oven, cookies, east coast, fry an egg, heat, heat wave, hot, new hampshire, oddities, summer, temperature

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8-04-2006 @1:04PM jessica said... what a great idea I wish I woudl have know abotu it 2 weeks ago when it was 110+ for an entire week
thanks Jessica
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8-04-2006 @1:28PM tr said... although i don't think the cookies would be that great, but the smell...that would be the best smelling car interior ever!
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8-04-2006 @1:34PM Jennifer said... That is brilliant! At least something good can come out of this ridiculous heat.
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8-04-2006 @8:54PM Rhea said... This is a great idea. I'm going to try it. I've heard of other folks cooking stuff under the hood. They put it somewhere on the engine (not knowing much about cars, I am not sure where exactly).
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