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Oven Baking
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies, pastries, et cetera.
There is no need to preheat the oven for roasting meat or baking casseroles.
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously
owned appliance
Baking Problems
Cookies and biscuits burn
on the bottom.
Cakes too dark on top or
bottom
Cakes not done in center
Cakes not level.
Baking Problems and Solutions
Causes
•
Cookies and biscuits put
into oven before preheat-
ing time is completed.
•
Oven rack is overcrowded
•
Dark pans absorbs heat
too fast
•
Cakes put in oven before
preheating time is com-
pleted.
•
Rack position too high or
too low, and oven too hot.
•
Oven too hot.
•
Incorrect pan size.
•
Pan not centered in oven.
•
Glass cookware slow heat
conductor
•
Oven not level.
•
Pan too close to oven wall
or rack overcrowded.
•
Pan warped.
BEFORE YOU CALL
Corrections
•
Allow oven to preheat to desired tem-
perature before placing food in oven.
•
Choose pan sizes that will permit 2" to
4" of air space (5.1 cm o 10.2 cm) on
all sides when placed in the oven.
•
Use a medium weight baking sheet.
•
Allow oven to preheat to the selected
temperature before placing food in
the oven.
•
Use proper rack position for baking
needs.
•
Set oven temperature 25°F (13°C) low-
er than recommended.
•
Set oven temperature 25°F (13°C) low-
er than recommended.
•
Use pan size suggested in recipe.
•
Use proper rack position and place
pan so there is 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2" to
4") of space on all sides of pan.
•
Reduce temperature and increase
cook time or use shiny bakeware
•
Place a marked glass measuring cup
filled with water on the center of the
oven rack. If the water level is uneven,
refer to the installation instructions for
leveling the oven.
•
Be sure to allow 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2"
to 4") of clearance on all sides of each
pan in the oven.
•
Do not use pans that are dented or
warped.
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