It is soooooo hot...

[Poohnatic]

That a woman in New England is baking cookies on her dashboard!

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-dashboard-oven,0,5041064.story

Woman Bakes Cookies on Car Dashboard
By Associated Press

August 4, 2006, 7:51 AM EDT

BEDFORD, N.H. -- Blistering heat was just what Sandi Fontaine needed to bake cookies for her co-workers -- on the dash of her Toyota Rav4.

With temperatures soaring Wednesday, Fontaine placed two trays of cookie dough on the dashboard, shut the doors and retreated inside to her air conditioned office.

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"My husband wanted me to run some errands this morning," said Fontaine, who works at Baldwin and Clarke Corporate Finance. "I said, 'I can't. I'm baking cookies.'"

Fontaine first tested her dashboard oven three years ago. She said anyone can do it; the only requirement is for the outside temperature to be at least 95 degrees, so it will rise to about 200 degrees in the car. Temperatures in the area reached the mid to upper 90s on Wednesday.

"Mrs. Fields has nothing on Sandi," co-worker Brian Champigny said of the cookie company.

Though Thursday was supposed to be cooler, Fontaine said she'll still enjoy the benefits of her culinary effort.

"When you open the door to that car," she said, "it's like, oh my God. It's a wonderful smell."

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Information from: New Hampshire Union Leader, http://www.unionleader.com

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LOL

suzanne

 

[llij]

Holy Moly! Now that is hot! I never thought about baking cookies on my dashboard before!

 

[thewishfire]

That is a genius idea. I could have been doing that all week!

The closest I've ever come to this is cooking eggs on the sidewalk. And no, I didn't eat them.

 

[Poohnatic]

It regularly gets over 95 here, so I might let the kids try it. Food safety is a big issue for me-having a hard time thinking this is safe!

Suzanne

 

[LadyyRedd]

It was freaking 115 degrees here the last 2 days! UGH!!!!!!!!!! I had to stop looking at the FL temps and knowing it was COOLER in WDW than it was here in August.

Kimya

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

It regularly gets over 95 here, so I might let the kids try it. Food safety is a big issue for me-having a hard time thinking this is safe!

Suzanne

Can't you put them on parchment paper?

 

[CEDmom]

It regularly gets over 95 here, so I might let the kids try it. Food safety is a big issue for me-having a hard time thinking this is safe!

Suzanne

If your worried about the egg issue try using egg beaters. You can also use shortening instead of butter.

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

What you are getting now is what we have had to put up with the past week or so. No, its not global warming...its summer. Relief (sort of) is on its way.

 

[JustHolly]

Only in NH.... my old stomping grounds!

I can't even think about the DOG my mother saw locked in a car in that heat this week. If cookies can bake... I don't want to know what happened to that dog!!!

 

[isyne4u]

lol!! We had a local reporter do the same thing with a couple of bisucits from a can and a raw egg. She put it out there in the morning and then for the afternoon news (5pm) she went out and cracked the egg and had a soft boiled egg! eww!! So I guess the good news is that if we lose electricity and it is scorching hot we can make something to eat!!

And Suzanne...used the premade cookie dough, I doubt it has real eggs in it...I could be wrong but i would imagine they have something that wouldn't kill people since they know most people it raw anyway!!

tara