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Before You Call 31 BEFORE YOU CALL OVEN BAKING 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 Baking Problems Causes Corrections Cookies and biscuits burn on • the bottom. • • Cookies and biscuits put into • oven before the preheating time is completed. • Oven rack is overcrowded or rack position too low. • Dark pans absorb heat too fast. Allow oven to preheat to desired temperature before placing food in oven. Choose pan sizes that will permit 2 to 4 inches (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) space on all sides when placed in the oven. Use a medium weight baking sheet. Cakes too dark on top or bottom • Cakes put in oven before • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before preheating time is completed. placing food in the oven. • Rack position too high or too • Use proper rack position for baking needs. low. • Set oven temperature 25°F (13°C) lower than recom- • Oven too hot. mended. Cakes not done in center • Oven too hot. • Incorrect pan size. • Pan not centered in oven. • Set oven temperature 25°F (13°C) lower than recommended. • Use pan size suggested in recipe. • Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 2 to 4 inches (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) space on all sides of pan. Cakes not level. Foods not done when cooking time is over. • Oven not level. • Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with water on the • Pan too close to oven wall or rack overcrowded. center of the oven rack. If the water level is uneven, refer to the installation instructions for leveling the oven. • Pan warped. • Be sure to allow 2 to 4 inches (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven. • Do not use dented or warped pans. • Oven light left on while baking. • Leave oven light off while baking. • Oven too cool. • Oven overcrowded. • Oven door opened too frequently. • Set oven temperature 25°F (13°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 the oven door only after shortest recommended baking time.

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Before You Call
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BEFORE YOU CALL
OVEN BAKING
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
Baking Problems
Causes
Corrections
Cookies and biscuits burn on
the bottom.
•
Cookies and biscuits put into
oven before the preheating
time is completed.
•
Oven rack is overcrowded or
rack position too low.
•
Dark pans absorb heat too
fast.
•
Allow oven to preheat to desired temperature before placing
food in oven.
•
Choose pan sizes that will permit 2 to 4 inches (5.1 cm to
10.2 cm) space on all sides when placed in the oven.
•
Use a medium weight baking sheet.
Cakes too dark on top or
bottom
•
Cakes put in oven before
preheating time is completed.
•
Rack position too high or too
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 (13°C) lower than recom-
mended.
Cakes not done in center
•
Oven too hot.
•
Incorrect pan size.
•
Pan not centered in oven.
•
Set oven temperature 25°F (13°C) lower than recom-
mended.
•
Use pan size suggested in recipe.
•
Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 2 to 4
inches (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level.
•
Oven not level.
•
Pan too close to oven wall or
rack overcrowded.
•
Pan warped.
•
Oven light left on while baking.
•
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 oven.
•
Be sure to allow 2 to 4 inches (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of
clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven.
•
Do not use dented or warped pans.
•
Leave oven light off while baking.
Foods not done when
cooking time is over.
•
Oven too cool.
•
Oven overcrowded.
•
Oven door opened too
frequently.
•
Set oven temperature 25°F (13°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 the oven door only after shortest recommended
baking time.