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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 and Solutions Chart
Baking Problems Causes Corrections
Cookies and
biscuits burn on the
bottom.
• Cookies and biscuits put into the
oven before the preheating time
is completed.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before
placing food in oven.
• Oven rack overcrowded. • 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.
• Dark pan absorbs heat too fast. • Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
Cakes too dark on
top or bottom.
• Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature 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
the center.
• Oven too hot. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
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 5.1 cm
to 10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level.
• Range not level. • Place a marked glass measuring cup lled with water on
the center of the oven rack. If the water level is uneven,
refer to the installation instructions for levelling the range.
• Pan too close to oven wall or
rack overcrowded.
• 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.
• Pan warped. • Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods not done
when cooking time
is up.
• Oven too cool. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than suggested
and bake for the recommended time.
• 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.