Dacor Wall Ovens manual Common Baking Problems and Solutions, Reason

Common Baking Problems and Solutions

Problem	Reason	Solution
COOKIES AND BISCUITS BURNT	Oven door was opened too often	Set minute timer to shortest recommended time
ON THE BOTTOM		and look through window to check doneness
	Dark, absorbent pan was used	Use shiny, reflective pans with low sides
	Incorrect rack position. Pan is too close to the	Check cookies by looking through the oven
	heat source	door’s window instead of opening door
	Standard Bake, Convection Bake, Bake or	Use recommended rack position and use Pure
	Surround Convection Bake mode is being used	Convection™.
	Pan is too large and too close to element	Use smaller pan
COOKIES AND BISCUITS ARE TOO	Rack position is too high	Use the rack positions recommended in
BROWN ON TOP		this guide
	Oven is not fully preheated	Allow oven to preheat fully before placing
		food in the oven
	The pan’s sides are too high	Use recommended pan size
CAKE SIDES ARE BURNT AND CAKES	Oven is too hot	Reduce temperature
ARE NOT DONE IN THE CENTER/ CAKES
BURST ON TOP
POOR VOLUME FOR CAKES AND	Too little flour	Measure ingredients carefully
BAKED GOODS	Too much liquid
	Oven is too hot	Lower oven temperature
UNEVEN CAKE SHAPE	Batter spread unevenly	Shake pan lightly to even out batter
	Oven rack is not level	Make sure oven rack is properly in place
		Place cakes in center of oven rack for best result
CAKE TEXTURE IS TOUGH OR CRUMBLY	Too much flour	Decrease flour
	Too little sugar or shortening	Increase sugar or fat
	Batter overmixed	Do not overmix batter- use recommended
		mix times
COOKIES ARE TOO CRISP	Low moisture in product	Increase liquid
	High sugar and fat content	Decrease sugar or fat
	Thin shape	Cut/roll larger pieces
	Baked too long	Decrease baking time
COOKIES ARE TOO SOFT	Too much liquid	Decrease liquid
	Low sugar or fat	Increase sugar or fat
	Underbaked	Increase cooking time
	Large/ thick shape	Cut slightly smaller

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