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BEFORE YOU CALL
Oven Baking
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.
Allow oven to preheat to desired temperature before
placing food in oven.
Choose pan sizes that will permit at least 2” of air
space
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 recom-
mended.
Cakes not done in
center
Oven too hot.
Incorrect pan size.
Pan not centered in oven.
Glass cookware slow heat con-
ductor.
Set oven temperature 25°F (13°C) lower than recom-
mended.
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 filled with water
on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is
uneven, refer to the installation instructions for level-
ing 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 frequent-
ly.
Set oven temperature 25°F (13°C) higher than sug-
gested 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 recommend-
ed baking time.
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