Before You Call

Solutions to Common Problems

OVEN BAKING

For best cooking results r 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

 

 

 

 

 

PROBLEMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cookies

and

biscuits

°

Cookies and

biscuits put

into the

° Allow

oven to

preheat

to

the selected temperature

burn on

the

bottom,

 

oven

before

the preheating

time

before

placing

food in oven.

 

 

 

 

 

 

is completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oven

rack

overcrowded.

 

 

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 top *

Cakes put into the oven before

or bottom.

preheating

time is completed.

*

Rack

position too high or 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 he

center.

Cakes not level.

*Oven too hot.

*Incorrect pan size.

*Pan not centered in oven.

Range not level.

Pan too close to oven wall or rack overcrowded.

*Pan warped.

*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 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.

Foods not done when * Oven too cool. cooking tlme is up.

* Oven overcrowded.

° Oven door opened too frequently.

*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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Kenmore 790.488, 790.489 manual Before You Call, Oven Baking, Problems

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