Use and Care Manual

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Solutions to Common Baking Problems
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 appli-
ance.
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
Ba
king Problems Causes Corrections
Cookies and biscuits
burn on
the bottom.
• Cookies and biscuits put
into oven before the
preheating time is
completed.
• Ov
en rack is overcrowded.
• Da
rk pans absorbs heat too
fast.
• A
llow oven to preheat to desired temperature
before placing food in oven.
• C
hoose 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 me
dium weight baking sheet.
Cakes too dark on top
or bot
tom.
• Cakes put in oven before
preheating time is
completed.
• Rack po
sition too high or too
low.
• Ov
en too hot.
• Al
low oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in the oven.
• Use
proper rack position for baking needs.
• S
et oven temperature 25°F/13°C lower than
recommended.
Cakes not done in
cen
ter.
• Oven too hot.
• Incorrect
pan size.
• Pa
n not centered in oven.
• S
et oven temperature 25°F/13°C lower than
recommended.
• Use p
an size suggested in recipe.
• Use pr
oper rack position and place pan to allow
for 2” to 4” of air space (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) on all
sides of pan.
Cakes not level. • Ra
nge not level.
• Pa
n too close to oven wall
or rack overcrowded.
• Pa
n warped.
• P
lace 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 instruc-
tions for leveling the range.
• B
e sure to allow 2” to 4” of air space (5.1 cm to
10.2 cm) on all sides of each pan in the oven.
• D
o not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods not done when
cook
ing time is over.
• Oven too cool.
• Ove
n overcrowded.
• Ove
n door opened too
frequently.
• S
et 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.
• Ope
n oven door only after shortest recommended
baking time.
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