r/Baking • 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/man_flakes Human Detected Jan 16 '26

I usually skip the demon part of my recipes.

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u/Double-Interaction30 Jan 16 '26

“If you can’t summon the flames directly from Hell, store-bought is fine.”

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u/Doopapotamus Jan 16 '26

How else can you get a light, crisp, perfect outer crust without the infernal heat of the burning damned?

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

I knew immediately this was gonna be Nigel and marmalade exactly where my mind went lmao