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Pan Placement
For even cooking and proper browning, there must be
Pans should not touch each other or the walls of
enough room for air circulation in the oven. Baking the oven. Allow 1-to 1%-inchspace between pans
results will be better if baking pans are centered as
as well as from the back of the oven, the door and
much as possible rather than being placed to the front
the sides. If you need to use two shelves, stagger the
or to the back of the oven.
pans so one is not directly above the other.
BakingGuides
When using prepared baking mixes, follow package recipe or instructions
for the best baking results.
Cookies
When baking
cookies,flat cookie
sheets (without
sides) produce
better-looking
cookies. Cookies
baked in ajelly roll
pan (shortsides d]
around) may have
darker edges and
AluminumFoil
Neverentirelycover
a shelf with
aluminum foil.
This will disturb
the heat circulation
and result in
poor baking.
A smallersheet of
foil may be used
to catch a spillover
pale or li~ht browning may occur.
by placing it on a
Do not use a cookie sheet so large that it touches the
lower shelf several
walls or the door of the oven. Never entirely cover
inches below the food.
a shelf with a large cookie sheet.
For best results, use only one cookie sheet in the oven
at a time.
Pies
Cakes
For best results, bake pies in dark, rough or dull pans When baking cakes, warped or bent pans will cause
to produce a browner, crisper crust. Frozen pies in foil uneven baking results and poorly shaped products.
pans should be placed on an aluminum cookie sheet A cake baked in a pan larger than the recipe
for baking since the shiny foil pan reflects heat away
recommends will usually be crisper, thinner and
from the pie crust; the cookie sheet helps retain it.
drier than it should be. If baked in a pan smaller than
recommended, it may be undercooked and batter may
oveflow. Check the recipe to make sure the pan size
used is the one recommended.
Don’t Peek
Set the timer for the estimated cooking time and do DO NOT open the door to check until the minimum
not open the door to look at your food. Most recipes time. Take advantage of the “Big View” window (on
provide minimum and maximum baking times such
some models) to monitor cooking progress. Opening
as “bake 30-40 minutes.” the oven door frequently during cooking allows heat
to escape and makes baking times longer. Yourbaking
results may also be affected.
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