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Before You Call
Oven
Baking
For best cooking
results, heat the oven before
baking
cookies,
breads, cakes,
pies, pastries,
et cetera.
There is no need to preheat
the
oven for roasting
meat
or baking
casseroles.
The cooking
times and temperatures
needed
to bake a product
may vary slightly
from your previously
owned
appliance.
Baking Problems and Solutions
Causes
Corrections
Baking Problems
Cookies
and biscuits
burn on
•
the bottom.
Cookies
and biscuits
put into
•
oven before
the preheating
time is completed.
Oven rack is overcrowded.
Dark pans absorbs
heat too
fast.
Allow
oven to preheat
to desired
temperature
before
placing
food
in oven.
Choose
pan sizes that will permit
2" to 4" of air space (5.1
cm o 10.2 cm) on all sides when placed
in the oven.
Use a medium
weight
baking
sheet.
Cakes too dark
on top or
bottom
Cakes put in oven before
preheating
time is completed.
Rack position
too high or too
lOW.
Oven
too
hot.
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 (13°C) lower than recommended.
Cakes not done
in center
•
Oven too hot.
•
Set oven temperature
25°F (13°C) lower than recommended.
•
Incorrect
pan size.
•
Use pan size suggested
in recipe.
•
Pan not centered
in oven.
•
Glass cookware
slow heat
cond uctor.
Use proper
rack position
and place
pan so there is 5.1 cm to
10.2 cm (2" to 4") of space on all sides of pan.
Reduce temperature
and increase
cook time or use shiny
ba kewa re.
Cakes not level.
•
Oven not level.
•
Pan too close to oven wall or
rack overcrowded.
•
Pan warped.
•
Place a marked
glass measuring
cup filled
with water
on the
center
of the oven rack.
If the water
level is uneven,
refer to
the installation
instructions
for leveling
the oven.
•
Be sure to allow
5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2" to 4") of clearance
on
all sides of each pan in the oven.
Foods not done when cooking
•
time is over.
Oven too cool.
Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened
too
frequently.
•
Do not use pans that are dented
or warped.
•
Set oven temperature
25°F (13°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.
•
Make
sure to allow
2" to 4" of clearance
between
all pans
and racks, allowing
for even air flow.
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