Common Baking Problems And Causes; Oven Cleaning - Maytag 4348340 Use And Care Manual

COMMON BAKING PROBLEMS AND CAUSES
OVEN CLEANING
CAKE RISES UNEVENLY
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Ran
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e or oven rack not
leve
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Pan warped
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Batter spread unevenly in
pan
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Pans
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close to oven wall
or rack to crowded
CAKE HIGH IN MIDDLE
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TOG much flour
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Oven temperature too high
CAKE NOT DONE IN
CENTER
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Wrong pan srze
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Oven too hot
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Par not centered in oven
CAKE FALLS
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Too much shortening. li-
quid or sugar
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Temperature too low
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Pan loo small
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Oven door opened too
often
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Too much leavenrng or
stale leavening
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Overrmxrng after adding
flour
BOTTOM PIE CRUST
SOGGY
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Filling too juicy
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Filling allowed to stand in
pie shell before baking
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Used shiny pans
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Temperaturetoolowatstart
of baking
BURNING AROUND
EDGES OF PIE CRUST
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Oven temperature too high
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Edges of crust too thin or
too high
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Oven too full or pans too
close together
COOKIES AND BISCUITS
BURN ON BOTTOM
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Oven preheat time too
short
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Pan too deep or too large
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Used dark pans
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Used wrong rack position
FOOD NOT DONE AT END
OF COOKING TIME
9 Oven temperature set too
IOW
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Oven too crowded
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Oven door opened too,
often
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Alumrium lo11 blockrng arr
movement
Some models have a standard porcelain oven hnrsh and some
models have a continuous clean finish on the oven top, back and
srdewalls. Standard porcelam IS smooth. The continuous clean
finish has a rougher texture.
See the cleaning instructions on page 12 to find out how to best
clean the standard porcelain frnrsh If your oven has the con-
tinuous clean finish, read below how thus specral porcelain
enamel works and how to care for II.
On a smooth standard porcelarn surface, a fat spattei beads up.
then chars and turns black. On the rougher continuous-cleanrng
surface, a fat spatter spreads out forming a larger area and then
gradually burns away at medium to high bakrng temperatures
You do not have lo wipe up heavy spatters. but it may speed the
cleaning action. If you wish to wipe up heavy spatlers. follow the
trps below so you do not damage the contrnuous-cleanrng frnrsh
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Use clear water or deter ents such as Fantastlk. Lrquld Ajax.
Top Job, Liouid Lysol or%r, Clean, mixed In waler. and a so':
cloth or nylon brush to clean any heavy spatters
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Do not use paper towels or sponges because !hese malertals
will rub off and clog the pores of the fmrsh
- After cleaning the surface, rrnse It well. usrng three tables-
poons of vrnegar, mixed with a quart of cold water Blot up ex-
cess liquid.
9 Never scrape or use abrasrve materrais such as scou'lng
powders. commercial oven cleaners or steel scourrng pads for
cleaning up heavy spatters These materrals wil scratch and
damage the frnrsh
The higher the oven temperature. the faster the cleaning actjon
The lenglh of cleaning hme WIII depend on the type and amount of
sorl. oven temperature and the length of time the oven IS used
So11 will slowly go away with normal oven use Cleanrng occu:s
whenever the oven IS turned on for bakrng or roasting The oven
will look presentably clean, even thou h some spatters may be
present. No cleanrng takes place when I a e oven IS off
10 Conlmuedon nextqge