OK So I feel really corny even asking this; especially on a site that has nothing to do with baking advice but... I used to be able to make really good cookies, until I moved out of my mother's house.    I'm using the same recipes, the same ingredients - even the same pans and mixer!.  I can still make good muffins and quick breads (ust made pumpkin bread last night- yum!) but my cookies always come out crunchy or just not as nicely baked.  I've used two different stoves and still got the same results.  The only difference it the stoves were gas and my mother has always had electric.  Is there some trick to baking small things in a gas oven?  My first oven was ancient and leaky so I expected some trouble, but I got a really nice new one a couple years ago and still haven't had much luck.  Any ideas?

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I don't have luck with gas stoves either, Carol. I think they cook hotter so maybe if you lower the temp you bake at by 50 degrees or so that might help.

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My mom always used an electric stove, and I have a gas one.  It is fantastic for roasting meats, and usually cooks them much more quickly.

 For baking, I usually find that for things like quickbreads and pies that I have to leave them in a little longer.  Cookies I think take slightly less time.  I would go less by recipe and more by just looking at them.  I also have heard that the type of container you keep your cookies in affects whether they stay crispy or chewy.  If I remember correctly a metal container keeps them crispy and a plastic one keeps them chewy.

I love the pumpkin bread myself - will have to make some soon and freeze for the church's Christmas bazaar.