Hotpoint RGA820 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 10

Using the oven for baking.
For best results, use only one
cookie sheet in the oven at o time.
Cookies
Flat cookie sheets (without sides)produce
better-looking cookies. Cookies baked in a jelly
roll pan (short sides all around) may have darker
edges and pale or light browning may occur.
Do not use a cookie sheet so large that it
touches the walls or the door of the oven. Never
entirely cover a shelf with a large cookie sheet.
Pies
For best results, bake pies in dark, rough or dull
pans to produce a browner, crisper crust.
Frozenpies in foil pans should be placed on
an aluminum cookie sheet for baking since the
shiny foil pan reflects heat away from the pie
crust; the cookie sheet helps retain it.
Cakes
When baking cakes, warped or bent pans will
cause uneven baking results and poorly shaped
products.
A cake baked in a pan larger than the recipe
recommends will usually be crisper,thinner and
drier than it should be.
If baked in a pan smaller than recommended, it
may be undercooked and batter may overflow.
Checkthe recipe to make sure the pan size used
is the one recommended.
Don't Peek
Setthe timer for the estimated cooking time
and do not open the door to look at your food.
Host recipes provide minimum and maximum
baking times such as "bake 30-40 minutes."
DONOTopen the door to check until the
minimum time. Opening the oven door
frequently during cooking allows heat to escape
and makes baking times longer. Your baking
results may also
be affected.
Aluminum Foil
Do not use aluminum foil to line oven bottoms.
Thefoil will trap heat below and upset the
performance of the oven. Foil can melt and
permanently damage the oven bottom.
Damage from improper use of aluminum foil is
not covered by the product warranty.
Foil may be used to catch spills by placing a
sheet on a lower rack, several inches below
the food .Do not use more foil than necessary
and never entirely cover an oven rack with
aluminum foil. Keep foil at least 1-!/2" from
oven walls to prevent poor heat circulation.
Oven Moisture
Asyour oven heats up, the temperature change
of the air in the oven may cause water droplets
to form on the door glass.These droplets
are harmless and will evaporate as the oven
continues to heat up.
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