Baking; Cook & Hold - Amana Easy Touch Control 500 Use And Care Manual

Oven Cooking

Baking

To set Bake:
1. Press the Bake pad.
• BAKE will flash.
• 000 will light in the display.
2. Select the oven temperature. The oven tempera-
ture can be set from 170° to 550°. Press or press
and hold the ▲ or ▼ pads.
• 350° will light when either pad is first pressed.
• Press the ▲ pad to increase the temperature.
• Press the ▼ pad to decrease the temperature.
3. Press Bake pad again or wait four seconds.
• BAKE will stop flashing and light in the display.
• 100° or the actual oven temperature will display. It will
rise in 5° increments until the preset temperature is
reached.
4. Allow the oven to preheat for 8-15 minutes.
• When the set oven temperature is reached, one long
beep will sound.
• To recall the set temperature during preheat, press the
Bake pad.
5. Place food in the oven.
6. Check cooking progress at the minimum cooking time.
Cook longer if needed.
7. When cooking is finished, press Cancel.
8. Remove food from the oven.
Baking Notes:
• To change the oven temperature during cooking,
press the Bake pad, then the ▲ or ▼ pad until the
desired temperature is displayed.
• To change the oven temperature during preheat,
press the Bake pad twice, then press the ▲ or ▼ pads
until the desired temperature is displayed.
• If you forget to turn off the oven, it will automatically turn
off at the end of 12 hours. If you wish to deactivate this
feature, see page 11.
Baking Differences Between Your Old
and New Oven
It is normal to notice some baking time differences between a
new oven and an old one. See "Adjusting the Oven Temperature"
on page 11.
Cook & Hold
Cook & Hold allows you to bake for a preset amount of time,
followed by a one-hour Keep Warm cycle.
To set Cook & Hold:
1. Press the Cook & Hold pad.
• BAKE and HOLD flash.
• 000 lights in the display.
2. Select the oven temperature. The oven tempera-
ture can be set from 170° to 550°. Press or press
and hold the ▲ or ▼ pads.
• Press the ▲ pad to increase the temperature.
• Press the ▼ pad to decrease the temperature.
3. Press Cook & Hold again OR wait four seconds.
• HOLD flashes.
• 00:00 flashes in the display.
4. Enter the amount of time you want to bake by pressing the
▲ or ▼ pads. Bake time can be set from ten minutes
(00:10) to 11 hours, 59 minutes (11:59).
• BAKE and HOLD light in the display.
• The baking time will light in the display.
• The baking time will start counting down.
When the cooking time has elapsed:
• Four beeps will sound.
• BAKE will turn off.
• HOLD and WARM will light.
• 170° will display.
After one hour in HOLD WARM:
• "End" will display.
• The time of day will reappear in the display.
To cancel Cook & Hold at any time:
Press the Cancel pad. Remove food from oven.
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