Section Four: Using the Oven
BAKE
RECOMMENDED UTENSILS
Type
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Metal bakeware (with or without a non-stick finish), heat-proof glass,
glass-ceramic, pottery, or
other utensils suitable for
the oven.
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Suitable cookie sheets have
a small lip on one side only.
Placement
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Allow at least 1" of
space (for cakes) be-
tween the pans, and
between the pans and
the oven walls so heat
can circulate around
each pan. Allow 3-1/2" between sides of cookie sheets and the
side walls.
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Stagger pans so that one is not directly above another. Allow 1-1/
2" above and below each pan.
CAUTION:
Never use aluminum foil to cover the oven racks or to line the
oven. It can damage the oven if it touches the heating element or
damage the oven liner if heat is trapped under it.
Rack Positions
One or two racks of food can be cooked in the oven at the same time.
Place racks in the oven before turning it on. Position #2 is the most
common for single rack cooking.
#4 To use this rack in combination with other racks follow the directions
under Techniques in the back of this manual.
#3 Use this rack to bake one sheet of rolls, muffins and biscuits, or two
round cake layers. Use it in combination with rack #1 when baking
more than one sheet cookies, a 2 rack oven meal, or more than 2
round cake layers.
#2 Use this rack when baking single pan foods such as sheet cakes, most
breads, casseroles, 1 sheet of cookies, pies, or a 1 rack oven meal.
#1 Use this rack for air leavened cakes (Angel Food), a frozen pie, a large
roast or turkey, or in combination with rack #3.
The food on the lower rack position may cook slightly faster than the
food on the upper positions.
TIPS FOR BAKE
Preheating the Oven
Many foods such as meat, poultry, casse-
roles or other long cooking foods cook well
without preheating the oven. For your “old
favorites”, do as you always have done.
The Charts and Techniques included in this
manual will tell you when it is necessary to
use a preheated (PH) oven and when it is
not required to preheat (NPH) the oven. If
your oven is connected to 208 volts, you
will need to preheat for all recipes.
Getting the Best Results
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Minimize opening the door:
• Use the Minute TIMER.
• Use the interior oven light
when checking progress.
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Choose the right size utensil:
use the utensil recommended
in the recipe.
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Store the broiler pan outside
the oven. An extra pan, with-
out food, affects the browning
and cooking.
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The type of pan used affects
browning:
• For tender, golden brown
crusts, use light non-stick/an-
odized or shiny metal uten-
sils.
• For brown, crisp crusts, use
dark non-stick/anodized or
dark, dull metal utensils or
glass bakeware. These may
require lowering the bake
temperature 25˚F.
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