How to Bake Cookies on Your Car's Dashboard

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Craving cookies but don't want to turn your kitchen into a sauna? Don't fret. Just turn your car into an oven!

To complete this How-To you will need:

Nonstick cooking spray
A cookie sheet
Cookie dough
A plastic or silicone spatula
Plastic wrap
A car
A thermometer that reads temperatures up to 250 degrees Fahrenheit
A potholder or towel
Patience
An eggless dough recipe

Step 1: Prepare the cookie sheet

Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. If you're using premade cookie dough, cut it into ¼-inch thick slices and place them on the sheet about 2 inches apart. If using homemade dough, roll pieces into 1-inch balls and drop them onto the cookie sheet.

Warning: Because of the low baking temperature, the eggs in the cookie dough may not cook completely. To reduce your risk of salmonella infection, use dough with pasteurized egg whites, or search online for eggless dough recipes.

Step 2: Cover and refrigerate

Use a spatula to flatten the cookies slightly. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until you're ready to hit the road.

Step 3: Park your car

Find a very sunny spot to park your car in during the hottest part of the day, which is usually from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. during the summer. Let it sit in the sun for at least 15 minutes.

Tip: The temperature outside must be at least 95 degrees Fahrenheit in order for the inside of the car's temperature to bake the cookies.

Step 4: Set out cookie sheet

Place the cookie sheet on the dashboard, and put a thermometer next to it so you can look through the windshield to check your car's temperature. The inside of the car should reach at least 180 degrees Fahrenheit.

Tip: Set the cookie sheet on a potholder or towel to prevent damage to the dashboard.

Step 5: Be patient

Be patient. You must wait anywhere from two to three and a half hours for your cookies to cook completely. Don't open the car doors until at least two hours have passed. You don't want any heat to escape.

Step 6: Check the cookies

After two hours have passed, or when the cookies look baked, open the door to check on them. If they stick to the sheet when you try to lift them with a spatula, they're not done yet. Let them cook for another 20 minutes or so. If they come up easily, the edges are firm and the center is no longer gooey, they're done!

Tip: The finished cookies will be paler than those baked in a conventional oven at a higher temperature.

Step 7: Remove and eat

Carefully remove the cookies from the car, and watch them disappear!

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[pawsandtales1]

i don't have a car will a toy car work

[dasdew2]

0:08 "craving cookies but don't want to turn your kitchen into a sauna?"

1:21 in the desert

1:30 95 degrees Fahrenheit

1:53 be patient(for 2hours +15minutes to heat up the car)

2hours and 15minutes outside in 95 degree Fahrenheit or hotter temperature (not allowed to use the air conditioner in your car) to avoid a hot kitchen?

stop telling us to stop criticizing how cast,yeah some videos are good but these deserve criticism

[OhThatGuy12]

Or just use a oven like normal people..

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[nashforcash]

what the fuck.. really why the hell would howcast post this this is so fucking stupid

[Jklsays101]

Why.. Why am I watching this

[ajene1000]

How do you "accidently" make chocolate chips?

[LizzyExtreme]

2:30.. why is the cookie on the dirt?

[TheSillyCrab]

I would not eat that..

[domnomn]

@pawsandtales1 lolz

[PhantomPhan7]

OR you can be smart and use a fucking oven.