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Setting Oven Controls Oven Baking information For best results, preheat 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. Refer to "Adjusting the Oven Temperature" section. Baking problems and solutions Baking Problems Cookies and biscuits burn on the bottom. Ca uses • Cookies and biscuits put into the oven before the preheating time is completed. Oven rack overcrowded. • Dark pan absorbs heat too fast. Co rrect io ns • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before placing food in oven. Choose pan sizes that will permit 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of air space on all sides when placed in the ove n. • Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet. Cakes too dark on top or bottom. Cakes put into the oven before preheating time is completed. Oven 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 the center. Oven too hot. Incorrect pan size. Pan not centered in the oven. 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 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of space on all sides of pan. Cakes not level. • Range not level. Pan too close to oven wall or rack overcrowded. • Pan warped. • Place marked glass measuring cup filled with water on the center of the oven rack. If water level is uneven, refer to the installation instructions for leveling the appliance. • Be sure to allow 2" to 4" (5.1 cmtol0.2cm) of clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven. Do not use pans that are dented or warped. Foods not done when cooking time is up. Oven too cool. • 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. 22

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Setting
Oven
Controls
Oven
Baking
information
For best results, preheat 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.
Refer to "Adjusting
the Oven Temperature"
section.
Baking
problems
and
solutions
Ca uses
Co rrect
io
ns
•
•
Baking
Problems
Cookies
and
biscuits
burn
on
the bottom.
Cakes
too dark
on
top
or
bottom.
Cakes
not done
in
the center.
Cakes
not
level.
Foods
not done
when
cooking
time
is up.
Cookies and biscuits
put
into
the oven before the preheating
time is completed.
Oven rack overcrowded.
•
Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed.
Oven rack position too high or
low.
Oven too hot.
Oven too hot.
Incorrect
pan size.
Pan not centered
in the oven.
•
Range not level.
Pan too close to oven wall or
rack overcrowded.
•
Pan warped.
Oven
too
cool.
•
Oven overcrowded.
•
Oven door opened too
frequently.
Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in oven.
Choose pan sizes that will permit 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to
10.2 cm) of air space on all sides when placed in the
ove n.
•
Use a medium-weight
aluminum
baking sheet.
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.
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 2" to
4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of space on all sides of pan.
•
Place marked glass measuring
cup filled with water
on the center of the oven rack. If water level is
uneven,
refer to the installation
instructions
for
leveling the appliance.
•
Be sure to allow 2" to 4" (5.1 cmtol0.2cm)
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/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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