Trivia baking question.....

[peachesncream]

Do you leave the oven light on when you bake? Does it matter?

I tend to leave it on for cookies because they bake so fast that I need to keep an eye on them. But off for longer cooking things, pies and cakes.

But I don't know why I do this.

The question has to do with whether an oven light generates heat, and if so, whether the heat is in one area of the oven.

[cookieee]

You just said why. It makes sense to me. For pies and cakes I would turn the light on around the shortest cooking time and keep an eye on them and start testing.

[LeaHamm]

I can't imagine that it would be a problem since an oven light bulb is only a 40-watt bulb. If you have doubts, just turn the switch on when you want to check the baking progress.

[The exception was when my neighbor's son always pretended that watching his favorite chocolate chip cookies bake was a TV show. Weird kid! ]