Preheating and Pan Placement
Preheat
the oven lithe
recipe
calls tot it. To preheat,
set the oven
at the correct
temperature.
Preheating
is necessat)"
lot good results
when
b_lMng cakes
cooMes,
pastry and breads.
Forovens without a preheat indicator light ortone, preheat I0 minutes.
Baking, results will be better
if bakir|g, lxms are centered
in the ()veil
as much
as possible.
Pans should
not touch
each other
or the walls
otthe
()veil. If you need
to use t_o shelves,
stagger
the pans so one
is not directly
above the other,
and leave approximately
1_'_"ti'om
the ti'ont otthe
pan to the ti"ont otthe
shelf.
Aluminumfoil maybe usedto
catcha spil/over
Aluminum Foil
Never entirely
cover
a shelf with aluminum
toil. This will
disturb
the heat circulation
and resuh
in poor baking.
A smaller
sheet
of toil may be used to catch a spillover
by
1
lllO
1
1
p ac" g "t o -_a lower shelt several inches
below the food.
You car| also use aluminun_ foil to line tile broiler pan
and broiler gr d. H( wever, you must rooM the toil
tiglnl} to the grid and cut slits in it just like the grid.
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Leave the dooropen tothebroN stop
position. The door s tays open byLS'elf,
yettheproper temperature
is
maintained intheoven.
How to Set the Oven for Broiling
l'lace
tile meat
or fish on tile broiler
grid in tile
broiler
pan.
Follo_
sum,ested
shell positions
in the Broiling guido.
3, ! Turn
the (h'en
Ternperamre
knob
to BROIL.