Kenmore 790.3671 manual Setting Oven Controls contd, Oven Baking information

Setting Oven Controls (cont'd)

Oven Baking information

For best results, preheat 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. Refer to "Adjusting the Oven Temperature" section.

Baking Problems

Cookies and biscuits burn on the bottom.

		Baking	problems and	solutions
Causes				Corrections
o	Cookies and biscuits put into			•	Allow oven to preheat		to the selected temperature
	the oven before the preheating				before	placing food in oven.
	time	is completed.		•	Choose	pan sizes that	will permit	2" to 4" (5.1 cm to
	Oven	rack overcrowded.			10.2 cm) of air space 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 top or bottom.

•Cakes put into the oven before • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature

preheating time is completed. before placing food in the oven.

•Oven rack position too high or • Use proper rack position for baking needs. low.

• Oven too hot.	• Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
	recommended.

Cakes not done in • Oven too hot. the center.

•incorrect pan size.

•Pan not centered in the oven.

Cakes not level. • Range not level.

• Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
	recommended.
•	Use pan size suggested	in recipe.
•	Use proper rack position	and place pan so there is 2"
	to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of space on all sides of pan.
• Place marked glass measuring cup filled with water
	on the center of the oven rack. If water level is
	uneven, refer to the installation instructions for
	leveling the appliance.

Foods not done when cooking time

is up.

•Pan too close to oven wall or rack overcrowded.

•Pan warped.

•Oven too cool.

•Oven overcrowded.

•Oven door opened too frequently.

•	Be sure to allow 2" to 4" (5.1 cmtol0.2cm)			of
	clearance on all 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 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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