Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Baking Cookies in the 100 Year Old Occidental Oven

I finally put my 100 year old Occidental Oven to the test today. I ran this oven for 9 hours straight at 350 degrees while I baked 12 batches of cookies. I baked as they would have 100 years ago using a Hoosier Cabinet and a gas/wood combination stove-oven. From 10:00am to 8:00pm, I did non-stop baking.
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Soft Molasses before/after
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Here is 75% of what I baked today. I plan on making the same amount tommorrow.
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