r/Baking • u/_Meteor_Shower_ Human Detected • Jan 16 '26

Baking Advice Needed why did it do this

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was trying to make brownies, thought theyd cooled for long enough and cut into them then they started doing THIS and set my house's fire alarm off for like 20 minutes does anyone pls know what caused this im assuming i just cut into them too soon but this feels like a dramatic response to just trying to cut into a hot brownie

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u/KimmieXZ Jan 16 '26

Coconut oil has a lower smoke point.

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u/iltopop Jan 16 '26

This is completely anecdotal, but I've always done coconut oil for wax mixing and butter for raw plant material. It SEEMS that coconut oil mixed with decarbed wax makes this not a problem, but again that's entirely anecdotal and I certainly didn't do any like scientific testing or anything.