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COOKING RECOMMENDATIONS
Cooking Conditions
Conditions in your kitchen can affect the performance of your appliance when cooking food.
Condition
Aging cookware
High altitude
Cooking Results
Small adjustments may fix a problem with food not being as done as you like or more done than you like.
Result
Food too light
Food too dark
Cooking Tips
Use these additional tips to get the best results from your appliance.
Situation
Baking
Rack placement
Preheat
Checking food
Bake or Convection Bake
Food placement
Attributes
As pans age and become
discolored, cooking times
may need to be reduced
slightly.
Air is drier and air pressure is
lower.
Water boils at a lower tem-
perature, and liquids evapo-
rate faster.
Foods may take longer to
bake.
Doughs may rise faster.
Recommendation
Use the middle to maximum cook time recommended on packaging or recipe.
Use the minimum cook time recommended on packaging or recipe.
Recommendation
Follow the instructions in "Setting Oven Controls" on starting on page 14.
When using only one rack, place the rack so the food is in the center of the oven.
Fully preheat the oven before baking items like cookies, cakes, biscuits and breads.
Insert food immediately after the beep.
Use the window and oven light when checking food. Opening the door may re-
duce baking performance.
Convection bake is the best function to use for baking on multiple racks. For best
performance, see "Convection Bake" on page 18.
Allow at least 2 inches (5 cm) of space between bakeware for proper air circula-
tion.
Recommendation
If food is too dark or overcooked, use the minimum
cook time in the recipe or packaging.
If food is too light or undercooked, use the middle
to maximum cook time in the recipe or packaging.
Adjust cooking temperature, cooking time, or reci-
pes as needed.
Increase amount of liquid in baking recipes.
Increase cook time on cooktop. Cover dishes to
reduce evaporation.
Increase bake time or oven temperature.
Reduce amount of baking soda or baking powder
in recipe. Reduce rising time or punch down dough
and allow it to rise twice.
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