Easy Bake Ultimate Oven
Easy Bake Ultimate Oven Reviews
For years in a row as a kid my number one birthday and Christmas wish was an Easy Bake Oven. I was quite convinced I was simply going to DIE without one. Well, the years went by, I never got one, and I'm still here to tell the sad tale, so I guess lack of an Easy Bake Oven isn't fatal. Still I was awfully excited to get this one now in my middle years. And now I see why my parents were never too keen to get me one. It is a fun toy, but it is a toy first, oven second. The mixes provided are practically microscopic in quantity and the resulting pastries are almost bite-sized. For a small mouse anyway. This oven comes with two pastry mixes plus frosting and sparkles. If you want to get additional mixes (which is pretty necessary if you want to continue using the oven), it'll cost you around $5.00 per mix or you can get an assortment of a dozen mixes for around $27.00. I can see why my parents didn't want to spend that kind of money. It's the gift that keeps on taking. My girls and I did both included recipes this weekend (complete with frosting and sparkles!). At ages 4.5 and 2.5 they are well below the recommended age for this oven, but my older one was able to do most of the steps with supervision and minimal assistance. You'll need a pretty small bowl to stir up the mixes. The baking pan and cupcake tray are included. Fortunately, the only other required ingredient is water. Be careful not to put in too much - it takes only a spoonful. Because the tray and cupcake pan are so little, it is rather difficult to get the mix into the tray/pan without creating a bit of a mess, and if you can get your tiny pastries to look as perfect as the ones in the picture, my hat is off to you. Using the oven itself is pretty simple and easy. You simply plug it in and turn the dial to "on". Wait twenty minutes (which is about how long it will take you to mix up the dough) and slide the tray into the opening on the left. The "pan pusher" has a convenient mark so you know how far to insert the tray. When the baking time is up (usually about 10 minutes), simply use the pan pusher to push the tray all the way through to the opening on the right. Then reverse the pan pusher and use the spatula end to remove the hot tray. That last step is a bit tricky as the opening is rather small and it can be difficult to get the spatula underneath the tray to pull it. The treats are tasty enough, although not wildly delicious. The size is perfect for a tea party without having to worry about your children overindulging and spoiling their dinner. For a creative pastry chef, there are probably lots of things that could be baked in the Easy Bake, but it would probably be tricky mixing a small enough batch, unless you just use a small portion of a larger batch that you're planning to bake in a real oven. With this new and improved model, the light bulb problem has been solved. In fact, no light bulbs are needed, so that's a plus. An even bigger plus is that there's no assembly required at all. The oven comes out of the box quite easily and is ready to be plugged in. I'll probably get an assorted package of mixes for my older daughter's birthday and give the oven another run for its money. I can't see myself buying tons of mixes and using it a lot, but it's a fun family activity once in a while. 3.5 stars. ***10/26/2011 Update: We tried a bit of Pillsbury cookie dough this past weekend and a bit of pizza that we did in the real oven. We discovered a big drawback to this oven - you can't see inside to see how the product is coming along. We ended up taking the cookie dough out way too early, but my daughter didn't care - they liked the chewy, ooey, gooey-ness of it. We also took the pizza out too soon (twice) and had to put it back in. As I mentioned before, taking the tray out is a bit tricky and it's not a lot of fun to have to do it multiple times. But the pizza came out pretty good in the end; not as good as the pizza in the real oven, but pretty good.. this is my Easy Bake Ultimate Oven reviews
Easy Bake Ultimate Oven Specs
- WARNING:
- CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
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