Hot Weather Fail: Lynwood Police Try To Bake Cookies In A Parked Car, End Up With 'Mushy Dough'
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Your car might feel like an oven if you leave it parked in the intense heat for a while, but it's not quite hot enough to bake cookies.
The Lynwood Police Department learned that first-hand when they tried a little experiment on Friday.
Well, since it's going to be as hot as an oven today; our IT Division is doing an experiment today! Yes, that is a tray of chocolate chip cookies on his dashboard. Stay turned for the results!
Posted by Lynwood Illinois Police Department on Friday, July 19, 2019
The department's IT Division placed a tray of unbaked chocolate chip cookies on the dashboard of a car Friday morning, and waited to see if they'd bake in the extreme heat.
Two hours later they had what they described as nothing more than "mushy dough."
When the weather is as hot as it is today, temperatures inside a parked car can reach 130 degrees within 30 minutes. Certainly enough to be dangerous, but not quite enough to turn raw cookie dough into actual cookies.
Well, after 2 hours in the car (oven), the cookies are mushy dough. It appears we will have to head to the grocery store for our cookie fix. #maybenexttime. #mythbusted
Posted by Lynwood Illinois Police Department on Friday, July 19, 2019
Apparently, the Lynwood Police Department will have to either rely on an actual oven next time they get a craving for cookies, or just stop by the local supermarket.