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Setting Oven Controls (cont'd) 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 Causes Solutions Cookies and e Cookies and biscuits put into the • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature biscuits burn on the oven before the preheating time before placing food in oven. bottom. is completed. Oven rack overcrowded. • 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 oven. • Dark pan absorbs heat too fast. • Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet. Cakes too dark on top or bottom. Cakes not done in the center. • 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. • 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. Cakes not level. • Range not level. Foods not done when cooking time is up. Pan too close to oven wall or rack overcrowded. • Pan warped. • Oven too cool. • Oven overcrowded. • Oven door opened too frequently. • 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. 18

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Setting
Oven
Controls
(cont'd)
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
Causes
e
Cookies
and
biscuits
burn
on the
bottom.
Cakes too dark
on
top or bottom.
Cakes
not done
in
the center.
Cakes
not
level.
Cookies and biscuits put
into
the
oven before the preheating
time
is
completed.
Oven rack overcrowded.
Foods
not done
when
cooking
time
is
up.
•
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
Solutions
•
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 oven.
•
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
rack overcrowded.
•
Pan warped.
•
Oven too cool.
•
Oven overcrowded.
•
Oven door opened too
frequently.
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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