Oven Cooking Tips - Sears Kenmore SR10251 Use, Care, Safety Manual

OVEN COOKING
GENERAL RULES
. When cooking a food for the first time in your new
oven, use time given on recipes as a guide.
Your new oven has been set correctly at the factory
and is apt to be more accurate than the oven it
replaced_
After you have used your oven for awhile, If you feel
your oven should be hotter or cooler, you can adjust
it yourself. SeeTEtViPERATURE ADJUSTMENTS
in this manual.
. NO PE EKING-- Opening the door too often to check
food during baking will allow heat loss and may
cause poor baking results.
, There may be some odor when the oven is first used.
This is caused by the heating of new parts and
insulation.
• Do not cover an entire oven rack with folio The foil
can block normal heat flow and cause poor baking
results_ Do not place any foil directly abovethe bake
element. Foil used on the oven bottom under the
element may damage the oven surface, therefore, it
should not be used.
PREHEATING
When recipes require preheating, have food nearby
before you open the oven door. If the oven door is
allowed to remain open for more than a brief time,
the preheat temperature will be lost
Let the oven preheat thoroughly before cooking
baked products. Watch for the Preheat indicator
Light to come on or listen fora preheat notification
tone to sound. If your oven is not equipped with
either of these, preheat for 10 minutes before you
put the food in the oven_
. Cakes, muffins, and quick breads should be baked
in shiny pans --to reflect the heat -- because they
should have a light golden crust. Yeast breads and
pie crusts should be baked in glass or dull (non-
shiny) pans -- to absorb the heat -- because they
should have a brown, crisp crust.
• Be sure the underside of the pan is shiny, too.
Darkened undersides will absorb the heat and may
cause over-browning on the bottom of your food.
• Oven temperatures should be reduced 25 degrees
below recommended temperatures If exterior of pan
is predarkened, darkened by age or oven-proof glass.
BAKING:
• Always follow recipe carefully.
• Measure ingredients properly°
• Use proper pan and rack placement to obtain the
best cooking results.
NOTE:
The top position is only a guide. It cannot be used
as a rack position.
RACK POSITIONS
BAKEWARE
• Cookies should be baked on flat cookie sheets
without sides to allow the air to circulate properly°
NOTE:
YOUR OVEN HAS FOUR (4)
RACK POSITIONS,
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