MANUAL CONVECTION AND
AUTOMATIC MIX COOKING
Convection-Only Techniques
Convenience foods such as frozen appetizers, pizzas, egg rolls and refrigerated bread products bake and brown quickly with
Preheating the oven is necessary with convection cooking of smaller,
Bread & Baking Techniques
Preheating of oven is not necessary. Bake one loaf 25 minutes and two loaves 30 minutes at LOW MIX. After baking, bread should be golden brown and sound hollow when tapped. Do not let bread stand in oven; remove from pans immediately to cool on wire rack.
Proofing dough. Use your own recipe or frozen dough. Place in
Braid or other shape. Remove turntable from oven. Shape bread; lace directly on turntable. No preheating is needed. Bake for
Pie Techniques
Custard Pies. Prebake and cool pie shell as directed above. Fill with uncooked custard. Without preheating, bake pie on round baking pan placed on broiling rack for 30 to 35 minutes on *LOW MIX, 325˚F. If custard is not set, let stand in oven a few minutes to complete cooking. (*Necessary to change temperature on LOW MIX).
Pie Shell. Use mix, frozen pie dough, or your recipe for single crust pie. Prick crust with fork. Preheat oven to 425˚F. Place pie shell on broiling rack; bake with convection heat 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool and fill.
Frozen Prepared
Double Crust or Crumb Top Pies. Prepare pie as you would for conventional baking; make slits in top of two crust pie. Preheat oven to 400˚F. Place pie on broiling rack. Bake double crust or lattice pies 25 to 35 minutes on *HIGH MIX, 400˚F; crumb top pies 20 to 25 minutes on *HIGH MIX, 400˚F (*Necessary to change temperature on HIGH MIX).
Convection Baking Chart
ITEM (For foods requiring 25 minutes or less) | BAKING TIME AND TEMPERATURE |
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Appetizers: Brown and serve, pastry | Follow package directions. |
Biscuits: Your recipe, mix or refrigerator | Follow recipe or package directions. |
Cookies: Drop, rolled, refrigerator, spritz, molded | Follow recipe or package directions. |
Fish Sticks: Frozen | Follow package directions. |
Layer Cakes: Your recipe or mix | Follow recipe or package directions. |
Muffins: Your recipe or mix | Follow recipe or package directions. |
Pizza: Your recipe or frozen | Follow recipe or package directions. |
Puff Pastry: Your recipe or frozen | Follow recipe or package directions. |
Rolls: Your recipe, package or refrigerator | Follow recipe or package directions. |
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