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- verb To bake insufficiently, or less than usual
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Examples
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It is important not to underbake these cookies — they have to be crunchy and dry, which is why a longer baking time at a lower temperature is necessary.
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It is important not to underbake these cookies — they have to be crunchy and dry, which is why a longer baking time at a lower temperature is necessary.
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So what I did for my second was to crowd the buns a little more and underbake them.
The agony of defeat: Cinnamon Buns Sara 2007
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The other trick I might try, if I were you, is - underbake the brownies and chill them.
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But some people would say I severly underbake my cookies.
The Research Project: CCCs No 4 Niki 2005
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Lift the crust to peek underneath the tart to make sure the crust is really cooked through; if you underbake the tart, it will be soggy.
Serious Eats Robin Bellinger 2010
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For soft-crust chewy cookies very slightly underbake them and allow for the heat to continue cooking then for a few minutes after the tray is removed from the oven.
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It is better to slightly underbake these cookies than to go too far -- when overbaked they are dry and unpalatable.
Serious Eats 2009
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For soft-crust chewy cookies very slightly underbake them and allow for the heat to continue cooking then for a few minutes after the tray is removed from the oven.
Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Dan Lepard 2009
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And if you underbake them a little, they’re nce and soft and chewy like cakesters!
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