“If I can cook on the stovetop with a baking sheet, I can probably bake this way, too,” you might be thinking. Unfortunately, you can’t. The idea sounds good in theory, but cooking on your stovetop is a fundamentally different experience than cooking in the oven. With ovens, you heat food from all sides. The heat remains at a consistent temperature. And it stays in one place as long as you don’t open the door. These same conditions, necessary for perfectly baked goods, are impossible to recreate on the stovetop. You’d end up with something that’s unevenly baked and extraordinarily likely to have raw parts. So save yourself the time and effort and say no to baking on a stovetop with a baking sheet.