Oven Baking - Frigidaire CFEF2415LWA 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
the 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.
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 done in
the center,
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.
• Be sure to allow 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of
clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven,
Do not use pans that are dented or warped,
Pan too close to oven wall or
rack overcrowded,
Pan warped,
Foods not done
when cooking time
is u _,
u
Oven too cool.
Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened too
frequently,
Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than
suggested and bake for the recommended time.
Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the
ones to be used for baking.
Open oven door only after shortest recommended
baking time,