How to Bake Cookies on Your Car's Dashboard

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

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!

Did You Know?
In the 1930s, Ruth Graves Wakefield accidentally invented chocolate chips at the Toll House Inn, located in Whitman, Mass.

[rylandsegrae]

>Doesn't like how her oven makes the kitchen heat up.
>Moves to the fucking desert instead.

[juanquintana]

I remember I used to watch these in the middle of the night when I was a little kid

[alukiian]

This video is the reason why you should never leave your baby alone in a car

[yme]

How to make edibles without parents knowing

[TheElvisnator]

for metric users:
95 F = 35C
180 F = 82C

[allmycrushesaretoooldornot]

Why is there so much hate? Don't you guys see how this isn't what you would use every time you bake cookies? It's just a fun idea/project

[economicist]

Not a great idea if you're just trying to avoid using the oven, but some friends of mine did this at Coachella while they were away from the car for hours at a time. Then when they got back around sunset they had a few dozen cookies and the car smelled great all weekend!

[reharp]

Here in the 2021 Oregon heat wave. It’s 112-110 degrees outside right now. When life gives you the worst drought in 30 years and record breaking heat three days in a row, you bake cookies.

[RwsHg]

This video is useful for those that have the urge to make cookies, but don't have an oven. Also, it's eco-friendly! :)

[dorito_chip_my_beloved]

Do keep in mind that this is not an absolute replacement for oven-baked cookies, but more of an alternative if you're going to be away from your car for a while and want a treat on your way home.

If you're spending more than 7 hours away from the car and the temperature is not going to drop below 95 during that period of time, you can wrap a sweet potato or two in foil and leave them on the dashboard. Quick and easy meal/snack. My art teacher would do that when she was working during the summer.

[becca]

Wow, so much hate for this video
:( Does no one see the science, the green factor, or just fun in this? You don't have to drive anywhere, just leave your car in the driveway on a hot summer day, after it's set you go in the house and do other things. It says to use recipes without eggs and your car has to be a certain degree to kill any bacteria so no it's not unhealthy if you follow the directions. Kids would love this :) cool video!

[MrJn]

Why make cookies if they'll just disappear?  

[dorianbelen]

People! She only show the power of the sun and how the car is heat inside. She is doing her cast Be fun

[natalierodriguez]

Do you really think I'm going to wait 2-3 1/2 hours just for cookies to bake when I can bake cookies in 14 minutes in the oven. :|

[juanquintana]

I love these videos even tho I do none of this stuff

[snackmister]

next thing you know it we're baking cakes infront of the sun

[NINJAKING-mwww]

and before you notice the cookies will be gone and you'll have diabetes

[artisanrox]

LOL...Nothin's better or makes you feel like a genuine Stepford wife, than baking cookies in your husband's Mercedes. ^_^

[natehalberstadt]

You know the cookies are ready when the baby stops crying

[extraordianarynails]

I think I would rather just bake them at home. My kitchen doesn't even become hot at all when I turn my oven on.