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Cooking mtormatiens
Oven Baking
For best cooking resuUts, 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 casseroUes.
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary sHghtUyfrom your previousUy owned appfiance,
Baking
Problems
and
Solutions
Chart
Baking ProbJems
Causes
Corrections
Cookies and
biscuits
burn on
the bottom.
Cakes too dark
on top or bottom.
Cakes not done
in the center.
Cakes not tevel.
Foods not done
when cooking
time is up.
Cookies and biscuits put into
the oven before the preheating
time is completed,
o Oven rack overcrowded,
Dark pan absorbs heat too fast,
o Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed,
o Rack position too high or low,
Oven too hot,
Oven too hot,
Incorrect pan size,
o Pan not centered in oven,
o Range notlevel,
Pan too close to oven wall or
Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in oven,
o Choose pan sizes that will permit 5,1 cmtolO,2cm(2"
to 4") of air space on all sides when placed in the oven,
Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet,
o Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in the oven,
o Use proper rack position for baking needs,
Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than recom-
mended,
Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended,
o Use pan size suggested in recipe,
o 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,
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
Be sure to allow 5,1 cm to 10,2 cm (2" to 4") of
rack overcrowded,
Pan warped,
o Oven toocool,
Oven overcrowded,
o Oven dooropened too
frequently,
clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven,
o Do not use pans that are dented or warped,
Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than suggested
and bake for the recommended time,
o Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the
ones to be used for baking,
Open oven door only after shortest recommended
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