Setting Oven Controls (cont’d)
Oven Baking Information
For best results, preheat 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 appliance. Refer to “Adjusting the Oven Temperature” section.
Baking problems and solutions
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Cookies and | • | Cookies and biscuits put into | • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature |
biscuits burn on |
| the oven before the preheating | before placing food in oven. |
the bottom. |
| time is completed. | • Choose pan sizes that will permit 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to |
| • | Oven rack overcrowded. | 10.2 cm) of air space on all sides when placed in the |
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| • Dark pan absorbs heat too fast. | • Use a | |
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Cakes too dark on | • | Cakes put into the oven before | • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature |
top or bottom. |
| preheating time is completed. | before placing food in the oven. |
| • Oven rack position too high or | • Use proper rack position for baking needs. | |
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| • | Oven too hot. | • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than |
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Cakes not done in | • | Oven too hot. | • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than |
the center. |
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| • | Incorrect pan size. | • Use pan size suggested in recipe. |
| • Pan not centered in the oven. | • Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 2" | |
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| to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of space on all sides of pan. |
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Cakes not level. | • | Range not level. | • Place marked glass measuring cup filled with water on |
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| the center of the oven rack. If water level is uneven, |
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| refer to the installation instructions for leveling the |
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| • Pan too close to oven wall or | • Be sure to allow 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of | |
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| rack overcrowded. | clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven. |
| • | Pan warped. | • Do not use pans that are dented or warped. |
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Foods not done | • | Oven too cool. | • Set oven temperature 25°F /12°C higher than |
when cooking time |
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is up. | • | Oven overcrowded. | • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the |
| • Oven door opened too | ones to be used for baking. | |
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| frequently. | • Open oven door only after shortest recommended |
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| baking time. |
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