Baking - Maytag CRG9600AAL Repair Manual

Preheating
Baking
Preheating is necessary for proper baking results. General Baking Tips
It is not necessary for broiling or roasting. Allow
the oven to heat until the desired oven Baking results will generally be best when you
use tested recipes from reliable cookbooks.
temperature is reached (approximately 10-15
Follow the directions to the letter. Be sure to use
minutes), fresh ingredients, measure carefully, mix as
Selecting a temperature higher than the desired instructed and use the recommended pan size.
temperature will not preheat the oven any faster. Be sure to preheat the oven if the recipe calls for
In fact, this may have a negative effect on baking this (usually done for breads, cookies and
results, biscuits). See the previous section for more
Oven Bottom information on preheating.
To protect the oven bottom against spillovers, Most recipes provide minimum and maximum
use the correct cooking utensil to prevent baking times such as "'bake 85-45 minutes". Do
boilovers. The oven bottom can be removed for not open tile oven door to check the progress
cleaning, until the minimum time has elapsed. Take care
not to allow the oven door to slam shut.
To remove: When cool, remove the oven racks.
Slide the two catches, located at each rear corner
of the oven bottom, toward the front of the oven.
Lift the rear edge of the oven bottom slightly,
then slide it back until the front edge of the oven
bottom clears the oven front frame. Remove the
oven bottom from the oven. Utensils
To replace: Fit the front edge of the oven The finish on baking utensils determines the
bottom into the front frame. Lower the rear of
amount of browning. Colored, glass or dark,
the oven bottom and slide the catches back to rough, dull utensils absorb heat, resulting in a
lock the oven bottom into place, browner, crisper crust. Use this type for pies or
breads. For lighter, more delicate browning, use
/__ I shiny or smooth utensils that reflect heat. These
are ideal for cakes and sugar cookies.
When baking in glass utensils, lower the
recommended temperature by 25°F. (This is not
______it_ ___ / necessary when baking pies °r casser°les')
- The same rule applies when using a colored
porcelain pan.
Always use the pan size recommended in the
_'3 _, recipe. Many pans have the measurements
marked on them. If there are no measurements,
measure the inside width and length of the pan.
Oven Light
The oven light automatically comes on whenever
the oven door is opened. When the door is
closed, push the rocker switch marked OVEN
LIGHT on the control panel to turn it on or off.
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