Cadco OV-023, OV-013, OV-003 Muffins, Biscuits, Bread, Pies, Pizza, Oven Fried Chicken

•Muffins

♦15 minutes at 325ºF works well for most standard size muffins.

♦For jumbo muffins, set the oven temperature at 300ºF and bake the muffins for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

♦The more dense your batter is, the longer your muffins will take to bake.

•Biscuits

For the test we used a basic baking powder biscuit about 3” in diameter. Bake at 350ºF for 10-12 minutes.

Some suggestions:

♦A simple glaze can be made of powdered sugar and water.

♦Glaze while your biscuits are still hot.

♦Try peanut butter, lemon poppy seed, cinnamon raisin, cheese and bacon, sour dough, and of course, good old buttermilk biscuits.

♦Drop biscuits take about the same amount of time to bake and they are wonderful.

•Bread

♦Large loaves (1 lb -1 ½ lb) baked in 30 - 40 minutes at 325ºF.

♦We found that you can bake dinner rolls using the same method as you do for biscuits.

•Pies

The variables for bakery products are endless, and pies are no exception. These are some of the things which will affect your cooking time:

♦Amount of sugar in the crust.

♦Size of your pie tin and the amount of filling used.

♦Butter or oil in the crust.

♦Amount of shortening to flour.

♦Your choice of canned or fresh filling.

For test pies we used 9” pie tins with homemade apple filling. Our crust was made using a basic 3-2-1 recipe:

♦3 parts flour

♦2 parts shortening

♦(approx.)1 part water

♦Add a little salt and a four finger pinch of sugar

The Cadco Convection Oven was preheated to 325ºF and the pies were baked for 45 minutes to an hour depending on the filling. The aroma coming out of the Cadco Training Center was fantastic!

•Pizza

There are so many pizzas it’s hard to know where to start. The pizza we used for our tests were the 11”, frozen, self rising type. They were all baked at 350ºF

for 8 - 20 minutes on FAKIROTM Heat Plates (see page 7), and our results were great on all of them. (The pizza manufacturers suggested a temperature of 400ºF for 20-30 minutes).

•“Oven Fried” Chicken

Let’s say that you want to serve fried chicken in your food service operation but you don't want all of the problems associated with a chicken program. You don't want to deal with an expensive breading program, the high insurance costs, constantly buying oil, employee training, the dangerous cleaning/filtering of French fryers, and the high cost of purchasing equipment. Cadco has the answer: how about "Oven Fried" Chicken. We take cooked, frozen, browned chicken and season it with the seasoning(s) of your choice to produce the most delicious, unique chicken your customers have ever tasted...and it's all done in your oven in about 30 minutes. Your chicken goes from the freezer, to the oven, to the display case (and your customers) in less time than it takes to fry from raw.

We suggest laying your chicken out in a Cadco Oven Fry Basket (Model GRH018/Half Size), and season

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