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Cooking Instructions
BAKING PROBLEMS
For best cooking results preheat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or
pastries, etc... There is no need to preheat the oven for roasting meats or baking casseroles.
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your
previous appliance.
Baking Problems
Cookies and biscuits
burn on the bottom.
Cakes too dark on
top or bottom.
Cakes not done in
the center.
Cakes not level.
Foods not done when
cooking time is up.
Causes
• Cookies and biscuits put into the
oven before the preheating time is
completed.
• Oven rack overcrowded or rack
position too low.
• Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
• Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed.
• Rack position too high or low.
• Oven too hot.
• Oven too hot.
• Incorrect pan size.
• Pan not centered in oven.
• Wall oven not level.
• Pan too close to oven wall or rack
overcrowded.
• Pan warped.
• Oven too cool.
• Oven overcrowded.
• Oven door opened too frequently.
Solutions
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in oven.
• Choose pan sizes that will permit (2” to 4”) of air
space on all sides when placed in the oven.
• Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in the oven.
• Use proper rack position for baking needs.
• Set oven temperature 25°F lower than recom-
mended.
• Set oven temperature 25°F lower than recom-
mended.
• Use pan size suggested in recipe.
• Use proper rack position and place pan so there is
2” to 4” of space on all sides of pan.
• Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with
water on the center of the oven rack. If the water
level is uneven, refer to the installation instructions
for leveling the wall oven.
• Be sure to allow 2” to 4” of clearance on all sides
of each pan in the oven.
• Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
• Set oven temperature 25°F higher than suggested
and bake for the recommended time.
• Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except
the ones to be used for baking.
• Open oven door only after shortest recommended
baking time.
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart