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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The amount of time it takes heat to penetrate the cookie is always the same. So when you cook higher for less time, the inside doesn’t get the heat before the outside burns