54 Solutions to common pro lerns
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.
Cookies and
biscuits burn on
the bottom.
, Cookies and biscuits put into
the oven before the preheating
time is completed.
* Oven rack overcrowded.
o 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 5.1cm
to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of air space on all
sides when placed in the oven.
Use a medium-weight aluminum baking
sheet.
Cakes too dark on * Cakes put into the 0yen before, A!!ow oven to preheat to the selected
topor bottom; Pieheating time is Completed, tempeiature before piacing foOd in the
ovao!
Rack position too h!gh o[ i0wl p[0per rack p0sition for baking
needs.
J/b h°ti Set °_en temperatu!e E/i2C
__" than recommended.
Cakes not done in
the center.
• Oven too hot.
o Incorrect pan size.
. Pan not centered in oven.
Cakes not level. • Range not level.
Pan too close to oven wall or
rack overcrowded.
• Pan warped.
o Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower
than recommended.
* Use pan size suggested in recipe.
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.
Place a marked glass measun ng cup
filled with water on the center of the oven
rack. If the water level is uneven, refer to
the installation instructionsfor leveling the
range.
Be sure to allow 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to
4") of clearance on al! sides of each pan
in the oven.
- Do not use pans that are dented or
warped.
, Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C
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.
Foods not done
when cooking time
is up.
• Oven too cool.
, Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened too
frequently.
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