Before You Call (Solutions to Common Problems)
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 Chart
BAKING
CAUSES
PROBLEMS
Cookies and biscuits ° Cookies and biscuits put into the
burn on the bottom,oven before the preheating time is completed.
*Oven rack overcrowded.
CORRECTIONS
°Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before placing food in oven.
*Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of air space on all sides when placed in the oven.
| Dark | pan | absorbs | heat | too fast. | Use a | aluminum baking | sheet. | ||
Cakes too dark on fop | * Cakes | put | into the | oven | before | ° Allow | oven to | preheat | to the selected | temperature |
or bottom. | preheating | time is completed. | before | placing | food | in the oven. |
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°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 the * Oven too hot. center.
° Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than |
recommended. |
Cakes not level.
Foods not done when cooking flme is up.
* Incorrect pan size.
. Pan not centered in oven.
*Range not level.
°Pan too close to oven waft or rack overcrowded.
°Pan warped.
Oven too cool.
Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened too frequently.
° | Use | pan | size suggested | in | recipe. |
| ||
° | Use | proper rack | position | and | place | pan so there is | ||
| 5.1cm to | 10.2cm | (2" to 4") | of | space | on aii sides of pan. | ||
*Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with water on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is
uneven° refer to the installation instructions for leveling the range.
°Be sure to allow 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of clearance on aii sides of each pan in the oven.
°Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
*Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than suggested and bake for the recommended time.
°Be sure to remove aii 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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