Owner's Guide

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For best cooking results, preheat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies, 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
Baking Problems Causes Corrections
Cookies and biscuits
burn on the bottom.
Cookies and biscuits put into
oven before oven is preheated.
Rack position is too low.
Allow oven to preheat to desired temperature before plac-
ing food in oven.
Choose pan sizes that will permit at least 2” of air space.
Use proper rack position for baking needs.
Cakes too dark on top
or bottom
Cakes put in oven before oven
is preheated.
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 recommend-
ed.
Cakes not done in
center
Oven too hot.
Incorrect pan size.
Pan not centered in oven.
Glass cookware slow heat
conductor.
Set oven temperature 25°F (13°C) lower than recommend-
ed.
Use pan size suggested in recipe.
Use proper rack position and place pan so there are at least
2” (5.1 cm) of space on all sides of pan.
Reduce temperature and increase cook time or use shiny
bakeware.
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 lled with water on
the center of the oven rack. If the water level is uneven,
refer to the installation instructions for leveling the oven.
Use proper rack position and place pan so there are at least
2” (5.1 cm) of space on all sides of pan.
Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Do not leave the oven light on while baking.
Foods not done when
cooking time is over.
Oven too cool.
Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened too fre-
quently.
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 oven door only after the shortest recommended bak-
ing time.
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