take care not to overbake them; their centres should remain soft and chewy
Example sentencesExamples
One side of the meatball was a bit overbaked.
Both dishes looked as though they had been warmed up in the microwave and the dough balls were over-baked.
My chicken empanadas were dry as prunes, though, and the mustard aioli on a helping of overbaked patatas had the consistency of crank-case oil.
Be sure to check the loaves during the last fifteen minutes or so of baking so they don't overbake.
I overbaked mine a little bit so it dried out just a bit - still good, but I bet it'd have been even better if I had taken it out of the oven five minutes earlier.
It's difficult to test the cookies for doneness while they're still hot, but they're fairly resistant to overbaking.
I was nervous because they weren't turning brown and I didn't want to overbake them.
Maybe there'll be a bowl of ready salted crisps and a selection of over-baked fatty parcels plus a token lump of fruit to round off the whole culinary non-event.
Two hours later Shelley glumly rescued her over-baked potato from the oven, grated some Red Leicester over it and ate at the kitchen table.
Be careful that you don't over-bake the pie or it will be "rubbery".
I might have overbaked them a bit, but they still had a very soft and velvety, melt-in-the-mouth texture.
Overbaking makes them dry.
Synonyms
overcook, burn, burn to a cinder, burn to a crisp
2Do (something) to excess; exaggerate.
are we in the national news media overbaking this thing just a bit?
Definition of overbake in US English:
overbake
verbˌōvərˈbākˌoʊvərˈbeɪk
[with object]
1Bake too much or for too long.
take care not to overbake them; their centres should remain soft and chewy
Example sentencesExamples
I might have overbaked them a bit, but they still had a very soft and velvety, melt-in-the-mouth texture.
Both dishes looked as though they had been warmed up in the microwave and the dough balls were over-baked.
Be sure to check the loaves during the last fifteen minutes or so of baking so they don't overbake.
Overbaking makes them dry.
Be careful that you don't over-bake the pie or it will be "rubbery".
It's difficult to test the cookies for doneness while they're still hot, but they're fairly resistant to overbaking.
Two hours later Shelley glumly rescued her over-baked potato from the oven, grated some Red Leicester over it and ate at the kitchen table.
I was nervous because they weren't turning brown and I didn't want to overbake them.
Maybe there'll be a bowl of ready salted crisps and a selection of over-baked fatty parcels plus a token lump of fruit to round off the whole culinary non-event.
My chicken empanadas were dry as prunes, though, and the mustard aioli on a helping of overbaked patatas had the consistency of crank-case oil.
I overbaked mine a little bit so it dried out just a bit - still good, but I bet it'd have been even better if I had taken it out of the oven five minutes earlier.
One side of the meatball was a bit overbaked.
Synonyms
overcook, burn, burn to a cinder, burn to a crisp
2Do (something) to excess; exaggerate.
are we in the national news media overbaking this thing just a bit?