Question about cooking slices

[blessedatlast]

Ok, this is embarrassing, but I'm not much of a baker and have never made a slice before!

I just made a honey and oat slice, but it stuck to the bottom and was a bit squishy.. Was it not cooked enough?? The recipe said to cook it for 15mins and it would have been in for about 30mins. It was nice and golden on top.. Not sure what I did wrong. I left it to cool before eating.. (it tasted good, but I was hoping it looked good so I could actually offer people some lol)

[Jennifer13]

BAL, maybe a lower temp for a bit longer?

I use baking paper to stop sticking. Even when I grease my pan properly because my oven is so dodgy it doesn't bake evenly and my turning it doesn't always prevent this.

[LionsandBears]

Did you grease the tin first? Or use baking paper? Honey is great for being sticky

[Rouge]

I also use baking paper. Always. For everything! Don't be disheartened. I've had heaps of flops because of sticky recipes. It's worse in muffin tins let me tell you

[blessedatlast]

I used baking paper...?? So just keep practicing?

[Rouge]

Is it meant to be refrigerated? Sometimes that stops the sticking.

[Trillian]

I second the baking paper, but if you used it and it still stuck, I would say your oven temp isn't right if you had a 15minute recipe in there for 30 minutes. Honey can be a bugger and the other thing I thought of was that you may have used too much honey?

[blessedatlast]

I used the exact amount of honey, the only thing I guessed with measuring was the butter. Could that have affected it?.. No mention of refrigeration in recipe..

[Marley&Me]

Was your slice pan too deep? Sometimes if you are using a smaller deep pan it doesn't cook properly and will be undercooked in the middle. Unless it was just the honey?

[Trillian]

Yeah, too much butter could do it too. Sometimes if you put too much in it can make it very heavy/sticky. It's not like water that will evaporate away as you cook.

Have you got an oven thermometer that you can test your oven with?

[blessedatlast]

NO, No thermometer.. i'll see if i can get one

Slice pan wasn't deep at all.. Maybe it was the butter? i'll try again next time..

[Shanti]

Make sure you measure your butter properly as I reckon that can make or break a recipe yummy sounds delicious!

[TeniBear]

My theory when it comes to slices and similar is this:

If it tastes good and won't kill you if you eat it, it's a success.

[blessedatlast]

lol..

Shanti, i will have to get measuring spoons.. it's supposedly a lactation recipe..

Teni, it was yummy.. it was a totally acceptable dinner!!

[Jakabella]

Iv made that slice or sounds the same and that's the way it's meant to be and it's soooooo good!!