74 Solutions to Common Oven Problems
Baking problems
For best cooking results pre-heat the oven when baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or pastries, etc...
There is no need to preheat the oven for roasting meats or baking casseroles. The cooking times and
temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previous appliance.
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
BAKING
CAUSES CORRECTIONS
PROBLEMS
Cookies and • Cookies and biscuits • Allow oven to preheat to the selected
biscuits burn on the put into the oven before temperature before placing food in oven.
bottom, the preheating time is
completed.
• Oven rack overcrowded. • Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1cm to
10.2cm (2' to 4") of air space on all sides
when placed in the oven.
o Dark pan absorbs heat too • Use a medium-weight aluminum baking
fast. sheet.
Cakes too dark on o Cakes put into the oven ° Allow oven to preheat to the selected
top or bottom, before preheating time is temperature before placing food in the
completed, oven.
• Rack position too high or • Use proper rack position for baking needs.
low.
° Oven too hot. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
Cakes not done in ° Oven too hot. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
the center, recommended.
o Incorrect pan size. • Use pan size suggested in recipe.
° Pan not centered in oven. • Use proper rack position and place pan so
there is 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of space
on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level. ° Range not level, o Place a marked glass measuring cup filled
with water on the center of the oven rack.
Ifthe water level is uneven, refer to the
installation instructions for leveling the range.
° Pan too close to oven wall • Be sure to allow 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4")
or rack overcrowded, of clearance on all sides of each pan in the
oven.
• Pan warped. • Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods not done o Oven too cool. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C
when cooking time higher than suggested and bake for the
is up. recommended time.
• Oven overcrowded. • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven
except the ones to be used for baking.
° Oven door opened too o Open oven door only after shortest
frequently, recommended baking time.
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