Frigidaire Electric Built- in oven Oven Baking, Baking Problems and Solutions, Causes Corrections

Oven Baking

"Baking" means to cook foods such as cakes or casseroles by dry heat in a covered or uncovered pan. Roasting, often confused with baking, means to cook meat in an uncovered pan. To Bake or Roast, follow the instructions in the Setting Oven Controls section.

Baking Problems and Solutions

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Product Expectations

The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously owned appliance

Baking Problems	Causes	Corrections
Cookies and	• Cookies and biscuits put into the	• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before
biscuits burn on	oven before the preheating time is	placing food in oven.
the bottom.	completed.	• Choose pan sizes that will permit 2-4" (5-10 cm) of air space
	• Oven rack overcrowded.	on all sides when placed in the oven.
	• Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.	• Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
Cakes too dark on	• Cakes put into the oven before	• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before
top or bottom.	preheating time is completed.	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 recommended.
Cakes not done in	• Oven too hot.	• Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than recommended.
the center.	• Incorrect pan size.	• Use pan size suggested in recipe.
	• Pan not centered in oven.	• Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 2-4" (5-
		10 cm) of space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level.	• Range not level.	• Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with some water
	• Pan too close to oven wall or rack	on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is uneven,
	overcrowded.	refer to the installation instructions for leveling the range.
	• Pan warped.	• Be sure to allow 2-4" (5-10 cm) of clearance on all sides of
	• Oven rack not level.	each pan in the oven.
		• Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
		• Check oven rack for flatness and proper positioning.
Foods not done	• Oven too cool.	• Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than suggested and
when cooking time	• Oven overcrowded.	bake for the recommended time.
is up.	• Oven door opened too frequently.	• Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the ones to
		be used for baking.
		• Open oven door only after shortest recommended baking
		time.

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