Setting Oven Controls (cont'd)
Oven Baking hformation
For best resuUts,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 casseroUes,
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary sHghtUyfrom your previousUy owned appliance,
Baking ProbJems
Cookies and biscuits burn on the bottom.
Cakes too dark on top or bottom.
Cakes not done in the center.
Cakes not tevel.
Foods not done when cooking time
is up.
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| Cookies | and biscuits put into | Allow oven to preheat | to the selected temperature | |||
| the oven | before the preheating | before placing food in oven, |
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| 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 | |||
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| Dark pan absorbs | heat too fast, | Use a | aluminum | baking sheet, | ||
| Cakes put into the oven before | Allow oven to preheat | to the selected temperature | ||||
| preheating time is completed, | before placing food in the oven, |
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o | Oven rack position | too high or | Use proper rack position | for baking needs, | |||
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| Oven too hot, |
| Set oven temperature | 25°F/12°C | lower than | ||
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o | Oven too hot, |
| Set oven temperature | 25°F/12°C | lower than | ||
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o | Incorrect | pan size, | o Use pan size suggested | in recipe, | |||
| Pan not centered | in the oven, | Use proper rack position | and place pan so there is 2" | |||
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| to 4" (5,1 cm to 10,2 cm) of space on all sides of pan, | |||
o | Range notlevel, |
| Place marked glass measuring cup filled with water on | ||||
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| the center of the oven rack, If water level is uneven, | |||
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o | Pan too close to oven wall or | appliance, |
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Be sure to allow 2" to 4" (5,1 cm to 10,2 cm) of | |||||||
| rack overcrowded, |
| clearance on all sides | of each pan in the oven, | |||
o | Pan warped, |
| Do not use pans that are dented or warped, | ||||
| Oven too cool, |
| Set oven temperature | 25°F/12°C | higher than | ||
o | Oven overcrowded, |
| suggested and bake for the recommended time, | ||||
| Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the | ||||||
o | Oven dooropened | too | ones to be used for baking, |
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| Open oven door only after shortest recommended | ||||
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