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Before You Call 37 BEFORE YOU CALL SOLUTIONS TO COMMON PROBLEMS Oven Baking For best baking 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 baking 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 absorbs heat too fast. Allow oven to preheat to desired temperature before placing food in oven. Choose pan sizes that will permit 2" to 4" of air space (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) 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 (14°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 (14°C) lower than recommended. • Use pan size suggested in recipe. • Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2" to 4") of space on all sides of pan. Cakes not level. • • • Foods not done when baking • time is over. • • Oven not level. • Pan too close to oven wall or rack overcrowded. Pan warped. • • Oven too cool. • 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 oven. Be sure to allow 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2" to 4") of clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven. Do not use pans that are dented or warped. Set oven temperature 25°F (14°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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Before You Call
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BEFORE YOU CALL
SOLUTIONS TO COMMON PROBLEMS
Oven Baking
For best baking 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 baking 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 absorbs heat too
fast.
Allow oven to preheat to desired temperature before placing
food in oven.
Choose pan sizes that will permit 2” to 4” of air space (5.1
cm to 10.2 cm) 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 (14°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 (14°C) lower than recom-
mended.
Use pan size suggested in recipe.
Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 5.1 cm to
10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level.
Oven not level.
Pan too close to oven wall or
rack overcrowded.
Pan warped.
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 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of clearance on
all sides of each pan in the oven.
Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods not done when baking
time is over.
Oven too cool.
Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened too
frequently.
Set oven temperature 25°F (14°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.