eli5: why isn’t it possible to cook e.g. cookies at twice the temperature for half the time? obviously i know it isn’t possible, but *why*? what’s the physics behind it?

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eli5: why isn’t it possible to cook e.g. cookies at twice the temperature for half the time? obviously i know it isn’t possible, but *why*? what’s the physics behind it?

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When you put something in the oven, the outside heats first, and then the inside slowly absorbs heat from the outside.

If you raise the temperature, the outside heats way faster but the inside still lags behind.

In the most extreme scenario, the outside is burnt while the inside isn’t even warm.