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BEFORE YOU CALL

Solutions to Common Baking Problems
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or pastries, etc. 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 appli-
ance.
Baking Problems
Cookies and biscuits
burn on the bottom.
Cakes too dark on top
or bottom.
Cakes not done in
center.
Cakes not level.
Foods not done when
cooking time is over.
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Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
Causes
Cookies and biscuits put
into oven before the
preheating time is
completed.
Oven rack is overcrowded.
Dark pans absorbs heat too
fast.
Cakes put in oven before
preheating time is
completed.
Rack position too high or too
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 rack overcrowded.
Pan warped.
Oven too cool.
Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened too
frequently.
Corrections
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 to 10.2 cm) on all sides when
placed in the oven.
Use a medium weight 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
recommended.
Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
Use pan size suggested in recipe.
Use proper rack position and place pan to allow
for 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2" to 4") of space on all
sides of pan.
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 instruc-
tions for leveling the range.
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.
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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