Baking; General Baking Recommendations - Jenn-Air EXPRESSIONS W30400 Use And Care Manual

• When cooking foods for the first time in your new oven, use recipe cooking times
and temperatures as a guide.
• Use tested recipes from reliable sources.
• Preheat the oven only when necessary. For baked foods that rise and for richer
browning, a preheated oven is better. Casseroles can be started in a cold oven.
Preheatingtakes from 7 to 11 minutes;placefood in oven after PREHEATIndicator
Word cycles off.
• Arrange oven racks before turning on oven. Follow suggested rack positions on
page 9 and in various baking charts.
• Allow about 1 to 11/2 inchesof space between theoven side walls and pans to allow
proper air circulation.
• When baking foods in more than one pan, place them on opposite corners of the
rack. Stagger pans when baking on two racks so that one pan does not shield
another unless shielding is intended. (See above left)
• To conserve energy, avoid frequent or prolonged door openings. At the end of
cooking, turn oven off before removing food.
• Alwaystest for doneness (fingertip,toothpick,sides pulling away from pan). Do not
rely on time or brownness as only indicators.
• Use good quality baking pans and the size recommendedin the recipe.
• Dull,dark, enameledor glass panswillgenerallyproducea brown, crisp crust. Shiny
metal pans produce a light, golden crust.
• Frozen pies in shiny aluminum pans should be bakedon a cookie sheet en rack 2
or be removed to a dull or glass pan.
• If edge of pie crust brownstoo quickly,fold a strip of foilaround rim of crust, covering
edge. (See above right.)
NOTE: A coolingfan willoperateduring all cooking modes. Thefan may alsocontinue
to operate after the oven is turned elf unti the oven has cooled down.
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