The Rmostat - GE PK956 Owner's Manual

Adjust the oven thermostat--Do it yourself!
You may find that your new oven cooks differently titan the one it replaced, Use your new oven for a few weeks
to become more familiar with it, If you still think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust tbe
tlrermostat yourself
Do not use tlTermometers, such as tlwse found in grocery stores, to check tire temperature setting of your oven•
Tbese thermometers may vary 20-40 degrees.
NOTE: This adjustment will only affect baking and roasting temperatures; it does not affect broiling, convection or
self-cleaning temperatures. The adjustment will be retained in memory after a power failure.
To Adjust the Thermostat
[] Press lhe Bake and BroilHi/Lo pads
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number shov:s in Ihe display.
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Thetype of margarine will affect baking performance/.
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Most recipes for baking have been developed using high-fat products such as butter or margarine (80% fat). ff you
decrease tlTefat, the recipe may not give the same results as with a higher-fat product,
Recipe failure can result if cakes, pies, pastries, cookies or candies are made with low-fat spreads. The lower tlTe fat
content of a spread product, the more noticeable these differences become.
Fedel'al standards require products labeled "mmgafine" to contain at least 80% tht by weight. Louqht spreads, on the
other band, (ontain less tit and more warm; The higlHnoismre content ot these spreads af{;vct tile lexttlre and flavor
of baked goods. For best results with you r old fhvorite recipes, use marg'arine, butter or slick spreads (ontaining at least
7()(/_ veg(table oil.
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