Setting Oven Controls
Oven Baking
For best cooking resuits_ 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 Cookies and biscuits burn an the bottom.
Cakes too dark an top or bottom.
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
CausesCorrectlons
°Cookies and biscuits put into the * Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
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* | Oven | rack | overcrowded, |
| ° | Choose | pan sizes that | wiii permit | 5.1 cm | to 10.2 cm |
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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. |
| ° | Rack | position | too | high or low. | ° | Use | proper | rack | position | for | baking | needs. | |||||
| * | Oven | too | hot. |
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| ° | Set | oven | temperature | 25°F/12°C | lower | than | |||||
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Cakes nat done in the | * | Oven | too | hot. |
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| ° | Set | oven | temperature | 25°F/12°C | lower | than | |||||
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| ° | Incorrect | pan | size. |
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| ° | Pan not centered | in oven. | ° | Use | proper | rack | position | and | place | pan | so there is 5.1 | ||||||
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Cakes nat level. | ° Range not level. |
°Pan too close to oven wall or rack overcrowded.
°Pan warped.
Foods not done when ° Oven too cool. cooking tlme is up.
°Oven overcrowded.
°Oven door opened too frequently.
°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 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (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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