Kenmore 790-4942 Before You Call, Oven Baking, Baking Problems and Solutions Causes Corrections

Before You Call

Oven Baking

For best cooking results, heat 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.

Baking Problems and Solutions

Baking Problems	Causes	Corrections
Cookies and biscuits burn on	• Cookies and biscuits put into	• Allow oven to preheat to desired temperature before placing
the bottom.	oven before the preheating	food in oven.
	time is completed.	• Choose pan sizes that will permit 2” to 4” of air space (5.1
	• Oven rack is overcrowded.	cm o 10.2 cm) on all sides when placed in the oven.
	• Dark pans absorbs heat too	• Use a medium weight baking sheet.
	fast.

Cakes too dark on top or bottom

•Cakes put in oven before preheating time is completed.

•Rack position too high or too low.

•Oven too hot.

•Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before placing food in the oven.

•Use proper rack position for baking needs.

•Set oven temperature 25°F (12°C) lower than recommended.

Cakes not done in center	•	Oven too hot.	• Set oven temperature 25°F (12°C) lower than recommended.
	•	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 cm to
			10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level.	•	Oven not level.	• Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with water on the
	•	Pan too close to oven wall or	center of the oven rack. If the water level is uneven, refer to
			the installation instructions for leveling the oven.
		rack overcrowded.
	•	Pan warped.	• Be sure to allow 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of clearance on
			all sides of each pan in the oven.
			• Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods not done when cooking •		Oven too cool.	• Set oven temperature 25°F (12°C) higher than suggested and
time is over.	•	Oven overcrowded.	bake for the recommended time.
	•	Oven door opened too	• Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the ones to
			be used for baking.
		frequently.

• Open oven door only after shortest recommended baking time.

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