Cooking, Baking Guidelines, Hints for Cookies

Cooking

Baking Guidelines

Remember when baking with a new oven temperatures vary from oven to oven. Store-bought thermometers are generally not accurate and cannot be used to evaluate oven temperatures. A general rule with a convection bake cycle is to reduce your temperature by 25°F. Ingredients should be at ambient temperature prior to baking.

Hints for Cookies,

•Shiny, flat cookie sheets should be used. Avoid cookie pans with high sides—this will cause uneven browning on the top.

•Cookie sheet should not touch the sides of the oven or door.

Cakes,

•Determine pan size from recipe directions. Shiny pans work best for cakes.

•Cake baked in too large a pan will be thin and dry. Too small a pan results in undercooked or unevenly cooked cake and batter may spill.

Pies

•Pies should be baked in dark or dull pans to increase browning.

•Frozen pies should be heated on an aluminum cookie sheet.

BAKING TIME GUIDELINES
Cake Pan		Cups of	Oven
Type	Pan size	batter	Temp.	Minutes

Oval	7 ¾” x 5 ¾”	2 ½	350°F	25 to 30

	13” x 9 ¾”	8	350°F	25 to 30
	13” x 9 ¾”	8	350°F	25 to 30

	6”	2	350°F	25 to 30
Round,
Round,	8 “	3	350°F	30 to 35
2” layer	8 “	3	350°F	30 to 35

	14”	10	350°F	50 to 55
	14”	10	350°F	50 to 55

Round,	8”	5	325°F	60 to 65
Round,
3” layer	12”	11	325°F	75 to 80
	12”	11	325°F	75 to 80

Half Round,	18”	9	325°F	60 to 65
2” layer	18”	9	325°F	60 to 65
2” layer

Half Round,	18”	12	325°F	60 to 65
3” layer	18”	12	325°F	60 to 65
3” layer

	6”	2	350°F	25 to 30
Square	10”	6	350°F	35 to 40

	16”	15 1/2	350°F	45 to 50

BAKEWARE GUIDELINES

		Absorb more heat
	Dark or dull	and result in darker
	Dark or dull	browning.
	pans	browning.
	pans	Recommended for
		Recommended for
		pies and breads.

Shiny pans	Recommended for
(no sides)	cookies.

Shiny pans	Recommended for
(sides)	cakes

	Lower recommended
Glass pans	oven temperature by
	25°F.

Bake Pan Placement

•Keep pans and baking sheets 2 inches from oven walls.

•Stagger pans placed on different racks so one is not directly over the other.

Convection Pan Placement

Baking pans and cookie sheets should not touch side or rear walls of oven. If pans are placed on different racks, they can be placed directly over each other. Convection cooking circulates air around oven providing even browning on all rack positions. When using convection, oven can be loaded on all racks

with excellent cooking results.

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