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Oven Baking
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or pastries, etc. There is no need to preheat the oven
for roasting meat or baking casseroles.
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously owned 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,
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
Causes
° Cookies and biscuits put into the
oven before the preheating time
is completed.
* Oven rack overcrowded.
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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.
Range not level.
° Pan too close to oven wail or
rack overcrowded.
° Pan warped.
° Oven too cool.
Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened too
frequently.
Corrections
° Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in oven.
° Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm
(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/12°C lower than
recommended.
° Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
° Use pan size suggested in recipe.
° Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 5.1
cm to 10.2 cm (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 range,
* Be sure to allow 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (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/12°C 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.
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