Kenmore 790.99613 Use & Care Manual page 21

Setting Oven Controls
Oven Baking
For best cooking results, pre-heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or pastries, etc.
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously owned appliance.
If you feel your oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust its temperature. Refer to the "Adjusting oven temperature"
section.
Cookies and
biscuits burn on the
bottom.
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
Baking Problems Causes Corrections
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in oven,
Cakes too dark on
top or bottom.
Cakes not done in
the center.
Cakes not level.
Foods not done
when cooking time
is up.
• Cookies and biscuits put into
the oven before the preheating
time is completed,
• Oven rack overcrowded.
• Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
• Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed,
• Rack position too high or low.
• Oven too hot.
• Oven too hot.
• Incorrect pan size.
• Pan not centered in oven.
• Range not level.
• Pan too close to oven wall or
• Choose pan sizes that will permit 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to
10.2 cm) of air space on all sides when placed in the
ove n.
• Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
• 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 recom-
mended,
Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than recom-
mended.
Use pan size suggested in recipe.
Use proper rack position and place pan so there is
2"to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of space on all sides of
pan.
Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with wa-
ter on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is
uneven, refer to the installation instructions for level-
ing the appliance,
Be sure to allow 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of clear-
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rack overcrowded.
Pan warped.
Oven too cool.
• Oven overcrowded.
• Oven door opened too
frequently,
ance on all sides of each pan in the oven.
• 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,
• 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,
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