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Extra oven rack position (roasting rack)
Usiny insulated bakeware, ovenproof
Use this rack position when roasting food too large
glassware, and dark
metal
pans
to be placed on the first
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rack position.
0 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 before
0 The rack must be level.
removing from the oven.
0 Use an adequate
0 When using ovenproof glassware or dark bake-
amount of liquid in the
ware, reduce the oven temperature
by 25°F but
pan (meat juices or
use the same baking time. Because these pans
water) so your food
absorb heat, producing darker bottom browning
does not get overdone.
and crispier crusts, place the rack in the center of
.
. .
.
0 To pull the rack over the door you must tilt the
rack up at the front. If the rack is loaded with
the oven. When baking pies and Dreaa, you can
use the temperature
suggested in the recipe.
food, tilting the rack could cause the food to spill.
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
for even heat to reach
all parts of the oven.
This results in better
baking.
0 Place the pans so
that one is not directly
over the other.
0 For best results,
allow 1 X-2 inches of
space around each pan
and between pans and
oven walls.
Where to place pans:
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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0 Use only 1 cookie sheet in the oven at a time.
1.
Push in the minute timer knob and turn it clock-
2. Let the minute timer knob pop out. Turn it clock-
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