Cooking Informations
Oven Baking
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or pastries, etc...
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously owned appliance.
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
Baking | Causes | Corrections | |
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Cookies and bis- | • | Cookies and biscuits put into | • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature be- |
cuits burn on the |
| the oven before the preheating | fore placing food in oven. |
bottom. |
| time is completed. |
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| • | Oven rack overcrowded. | • Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2” |
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| to 4”) of air space on all sides when placed in the oven. |
| • Dark pan absorbs heat too fast. | • Use a | |
Cakes too dark on | • | Cakes put into the oven before | • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature be- |
top or bottom. |
| preheating time is completed. | fore placing food in the oven. |
| • Rack position too high or low. | • Use proper rack position for baking needs. | |
| • | Oven too hot. | • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than recom- |
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| mended. |
Cakes not done in | • | Oven too hot. | • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than recom- | |
the center. |
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| mended. |
| • | Incorrect pan size. | • | Use pan size suggested in recipe. |
| • Pan not centered in oven. | • | Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 5.1 | |
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| cm to 10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of space on all sides of pan. |
Cakes not level. | • | Range not level. | • Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with water |
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| on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is un- |
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| even, refer to the installation instructions for leveling |
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| the range. |
| • Pan too close to oven wall or | • Be sure to allow 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of clear- | |
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| rack overcrowded. | ance 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 suggested |
when cooking time |
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| and bake for the recommended time. |
is up. | • | Oven overcrowded. | • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the |
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| ones to be used for baking. |
| • Oven door opened too fre- | • Open oven door only after shortest recommended bak- | |
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| quently. | ing time. |
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