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BAKING/ROASTING
How to Set Your Range for Baking/Roasting
1. Position the shelf or shelves in the oven. If cooking
on two shelves at the same time, stagger the pans
for best heat circulation.
2. Close oven door. Turn OVEN TEMP knob
clockwise to desired temperature. Preheat oven for
at least 10 minutes if preheating is necessary.
3. Place food in oven on center of shelf. Allow at least
2 inches between edge of bakeware and oven wall
or adjacent cookware.
4. Check food for doneness at minimum time on
recipe. Cook longer if necessary. Turn OVEN
TEMP knob to OFF and remove food.
Shelf Positions
Preheating
Most baking is done on the second shelf position (B)
from the bottom. When baking three or four items,
use two shelves positioned on the second and fourth
sets of supports (B & D) from bottom of oven. Bake
angel food cakes on first shelf position (A) from
bottom of oven.
Roasting is usually done on the bottom shelf
position (A).
Preheating the oven takes about 10 minutes. Preheat
the oven only when necessary, usually for baking.
Most roasts will cook satisfactorily without
preheating. If you find preheating is necessary, keep
an eye on the indicator light and put food in the oven
promptly after light goes out.
Baking and Roasting Tips
• Follow a tested recipe and measure the ingredients
carefully. If you are using a package mix, follow
label directions.
• Do not open the oven door during a baking
operation—heat will be lost and the baking time
might need to be extended. This could cause poor
baking results. If you must open the door, open it
partially—only 3 or 4 inches—and close it as
quickly as possible.
• Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or
poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven.
Roasting temperatures, which should be low and
steady, keep spattering to a minimum. When
roasting, it is not necessary to sear, baste, cover or
add water to your meat.
• Frozen roasts of beef, pork, lamb, etc., can be started
without thawing, but allow 10 to 25 minutes per
pound additional time (10 minutes per pound for
roasts under 5 pounds, more time for larger roasts).
• Thaw most frozen poultry before roasting to ensure
even doneness. Some commercial frozen poultry can
be cooked successfully without thawing. Follow
directions given on package label.
When baking or roasting, NEVER turn the knob to BROIL
and back to the bake temperature.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
When baking or roasting, NEVER turn the
OVEN TEMP knob to BROIL and back to the
desired temperature. Turning the OVEN TEMP
knob to BROIL sets the thermostat in a BROIL
mode. See the Broiling section in this guide. To
reset the thermostat to Bake, turn the OVEN
TEMP knob to OFF then back to the desired
Bake/Roast temperature.
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400
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