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Extra oven rack position (roasting rack)
Usinp insulated bakeware, ovenproof
Use this rack position when roasting food too large
qlassware, and dark metal pans
- to be placed on the first
rack position.
; When baking with insulated cookie sheets or
For proper roasting,
baking pans, place them in the bottom third of
follow these guide-
the oven. You may need to increase the recom-
lines:
mended baking times, so test for doneness
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The rack must be level.
before removing from the oven.
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Use an adequate
amount of liquid in
the pan (meat juices
or water) so your food
* does not get overdone.
0 To pull the rack over the door you must tilt the
rack up at the front. If the rack is loaded with
food, tilting the rack could cause the food to spill.
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When using ovenproof glassware or dark
bakeware, reduce the oven temperature by 25°F
but use the same baking time. Because these
pans absorb heat, producing darker bottom
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browning and cnsprer crusts, place rne rack in
the center of the oven. When baking pies and
bread, you can use the temperature suggested
in the recipe.
POSITIONING RACKS AND PANS
(CONT.)
To avoid spilling, do not try to pull out the rack
when removing large amounts of food.
Hot air must circulate around the pans in the oven
Where to place pans:
for even heat to reach
all parts of the oven.
This results in better
baking.
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Place the pans so
that one is not directly
over the other.
0 For best results,
allow l %-2 inches of
space around each
pan and between pans
and oven walls.
0 Use only 1 cookie sheet in the oven at a time.
FOR BEST AIR ClRCUlATlON
WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE
1 pan
2 pans
3 or 4 pans
In center of the oven rack.
Side by side or slightly
staggered.
In opposite corners on
each oven rack. Stagger
pans so no pan is directly
over another.
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