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Setting Oven Controls (cont'd)
Oven Baking
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or pastries, etc. There Jsno 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 and Solutions Chart
Baking
Problems
Cookies and
biscuits burn on the
bottom.
• Cookies and biscuits put into the
oven before the preheating time
is completed.
Oven rack overcrowded.
Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in oven.
Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1cm to 10.2cm
(2" to 4") of air space on all sides when placed in
the oven.
Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
Cakes too dark on • Cakes put into the oven before • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
top or bottom, preheating time is completed, before placing food in the oven.
• Rack position too high or low. • Use proper rack position for baking needs.
Oven too hot. _ Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended. ........
Cakes not done in • Oven too hot. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than ,',',
the center, recommended.
,, Incorrect pan size. • Use pan size suggested in recipe.
Pan not centered in oven. • Use proper rack position and place pan so there is
5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of space on all sides of
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pan.
Cakes not level. • Range not level. • Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with
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water on the center of the oven rack. If the water
level is uneven, refer to the installation instructions
for leveling the range.
Pan too close to oven wall or _ Be sure to allow 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of
rack overcrowded, clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven.
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Pan warped. _ Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods not done • Oven too cool. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than
when cooking time suggested and bake for the recommended time.
is up. • Oven overcrowded. • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the
ones to be used for baking.
Oven door opened too frequently. • Open oven door only after shortest recommended
' baking time.
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