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

medium-weight

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.

 

°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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Kenmore 790.4107 manual Oven Baking

790.4107 specifications

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