OVEN COOKING
When cooking a food for the first time in your new oven, use time given on recipes as a guide.
Your new oven has been set correctly at the factory and Is apt to be more accurate than the oven it replaced.
After you have used your oven for awhile, If you feel your oven should be hotter or cooler, you can adjust
it yourself. See THERMOSTAT ADJUSTMENTS in this manual.
Always follow recipe carefully.
Measure Ingredients properly.
Use proper pan placement.
Place pans on the oven racks with 1" - 1 1/2" of air
space on all sides of each pan. Avoid overcrowding the oven.
Pans too close to each other, to oven walls or to the oven bottom, block the free movement of air, Im- proper air movement causes uneven browning and cooking.
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Do not lock the oven door during baking, The lock/unlock handle Is used for
Avoid opening the door too often to check the food during baking as heat will be lost. This may cause poor baking results.
Cakes, cookies, muffins, and quick breads should be baked in shiny pans
--because they should have a brown, crisp crust.
Be sure the underside of the pan Is shiny too, Darkened undersides will absorb the heat and may cause
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When baking several items stagger pans so that no pan is directly above another.
Always turn oven to OFF before removing food.
During baking, avoid frequent door openings. Keep oven door open as short a time as possible.
Let the oven preheat thoroughly before cooking baked products. Watch the oven Indicator light and
put the food in the oven promptly after the IIght goes out.
fish, meat, poultry, etc., sit for more thanNever I hourlet foodbeforesuchcookingasdairystartsproducts,when you set your oven for a delay start.
Room temperature promotes the
growth of harmful bacteria. Be sure the oven light is off because heat from the bulb will speed bacteria growth.
Oven temperatures should be reduced 25 degrees below recommended temperatures If exterior of pan Is predarkened, darkened by age or oven proof
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| There may be some odor when the oven Is first used. | |
| This Is caused by the heating of new parts and | |
| insulation. |
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| Do not cover an entire oven rack with foil. The foil | |
| can block normal heat flow and cause poor baking | |
| results. Do not place any foil directly above the bake | |
| element. Foil used on the oven bottom under the | |
| element may damage the oven surface; therefore, it | |
| should not be used. |
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| Cookies should be baked on flat cookie sheets | |
| without sides to allow the air to circulate properly. | |
| When recipes require preheating, have food nearby | |
| before you open the oven door. If the oven door is | |
| allowed to remain open for more than a brief time, | |
| the preheat temperature will be lost. |
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| Use residual heat in oven whenever possible to | |
| finish cooking casseroles, oven meals, etc. Use | |
| residual heat when warming rolls or precooked | |
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