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Setting the oven controls
For best cooking results, pre-heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or
pastries, etc.
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your
previously owned appliance.
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baking Problems and solutions chart
baking Problems
causes
corrections
cookies and biscuits
burn on the bottom.
• Cookies and biscuits put into the
oven before the preheating time is
completed.
• Oven rack overcrowded.
• Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before
placing food in oven.
• Choose pan sizes that will permit 2” to 4” (5.1cm to 10.2cm)
of air space on all sides when placed in the oven.
• Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
cakes too dark on top or
bottom.
• Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed.
• 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 lower than recommended.
cakes not done in the
center
• Oven too hot.
• Incorrect pan size.
• Pan not centered in oven.
• Set oven temperature 25°F 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 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 appliance.
• Be sure to allow 2” to 4” (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) 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 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.
