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USING YOUR OVEN
HOW TOBAKE
1. When cool, position rack in oven
3. Place food in center of oven,
If you have carefully followed the
dependingon what you are baking,
allowing a minimum of 2 inches
basic instructionsand stUlexperience
between utensil and oven walls,
poor results, these suggestionsmay
2. Turn oven thermostat knob to de-
be helpful:
sired temperature. Allow oven to
4. Check food for
doneness at
preheat until oven burner cycles
minimum time in recipe. Cook
off.
longer if necessary. Turn oven
thermostat knob to OFF. Remove
food from the oven.
COMMON BAKING PROBLEMS ANDWHYTHEYHAPPEN
PROBLEM
CAUSE
PROBLEM
CAUSE
;akes are uneven.
Panstouching eachotheror
Excessive,.._rinkage.
Too little leavening.
ovenwalls.
Overmixing.
Batterunevenin pans.
Pantoo large.
Oventemperature too low or
Oventemperature too high.
bakingtime too short.
Bakingtime too long.
Rangenot level.
Panstoo closeto eachother
Undermixing.
or ovenwalls.
Toomuchliquid.
Crumblyor dry texture.
Impropermeasurement of sugar,
Cakehigh in middle.
Temperature t oo high.
bakingpowder, l iquidor fat.
Baking time too long.
Oldbakingpowder.
Overmixing.
Oventemperature too high.
Too muchflour.
Bakingtime too long.
Panstouching eachotheror
ovenwalls.
Ineventexture.
Toomuchliquid.
Undermixing.
Cakefalls.
Too muchshortening or sugar.
Oven temperature too low.
Toomuchor too little liquid.
Baking time too short.
Temperature t oo low.
Oldor too little bakingpowder.
Cakeshave tunnels.
Notenough shortening.
Pantoo small.
Too muchbakingpowder.
Ovendooropened frequently.
Overmixing.
Oventemperature t oo high.
_akes don't brown evenly
Ovennot preheated.
on bottom.
Pansdarkened, d entedor warped.Cakescrack on top.
Batterovermixed.
Oventemperature t oo high.
_akes don't brown on top.
Oventemperature t oo low.
Toomuchleavening.
Overmixing.
Toomuchliquid.
:ake not donein middle.
Temperature t oo high.
Incorrect p an size or too little
Pantoo small.
batter in pan.
Diecrust edgestoo brown.
Oventemperature t oo high.
Ovendooropened too often.
Panstouching eachotheror
_akes, c ookies, biscuits too Ovennot preheated,
ovenwalls.
brown on bottom.
Panstouching eachotheror
Edges of crusttoo thin.
ovenwalls.
Usingglass,darkened, w arped
Piesdon't brown on bottom. Usingshinymetalpans.
or dullfinish metalpans.
Incorrect r ack position.
Dieshave soaked crust.
Temperature t oo low at start
Incorrect u seof aluminum foil.
of baking.
Placed2 cookiesheetson one
Fillingtoo juicy.
rack.
Usingshinymetalpans.
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