Oven Baking - Frigidaire FPEF4085KFA Use & Care Manual

Oven baking
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or pastries, etc, 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 Causes Corrections
Problems
i!
Cookies and
biscuits burn on
bottom,
o Cookies and biscuits put into
the oven before the preheating
time is completed,
Oven rack overcrowded.
Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in oven.
Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1cm to 10.2cm
(2" to 4") of air space on all sides when placed in
the oven.
Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
Cakes too dark on
top or bottom,
Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed.
Rack position too high or low.
Oven too hot.
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/12°C lower than
recommended.
Cakes not done in
the center,
Oven too hot.
• Incorrect pan size.
Pan not centered in oven.
Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
• Use pan size suggested in recipe.
Use proper rack position and place pan so there is
5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4') of space on all sides of
pan.
Cakes not level, • Range not level. • 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 range.
Pan too close to oven wall or • Be sure to allow 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of
rack overcrowded, clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven.
Pan warped. * Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods not done • Oven too cool. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than
when cooking time suggested and bake for the recommended time.
is up, • Oven overcrowded. • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the
ones to be used for baking.
• Oven door opened too * Open oven door only after shortest recommended
L
' frequently, baking time.