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Setting Oven Controls
Oven Baking
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies, breads, cakes, pies or 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 Chart
Baking Problems Causes Corrections
Cookies and biscuits
burn on the bottom.
• Cookiesandbiscuitsputintothe
oven before the preheating time
is completed.
• Ovenrackovercrowded.
• Darkpanabsorbsheattoofast.
• Allowoventopreheattotheselectedtemperature
before placing food in oven.
• Choosepansizesthatwillpermit5.1cmto10.2cm
(2” to 4”) of air space on all sides when placed in the
oven.
• Useamedium-weightaluminumbakingsheet.
Cakes too dark on top
or bottom.
• Cakesputintotheovenbefore
preheating time is completed.
• Rackpositiontoohighorlow.
• Oventoohot.
• Allowoventopreheattotheselectedtemperature
before placing food in the oven.
• Useproperrackpositionforbakingneeds.
• Setoventemperature25°F/12°Clowerthan
recommended.
Cakes not done in the
center.
• Oventoohot.
• Incorrectpansize.
• Pannotcenteredinoven.
• Setoventemperature25°F/12°Clowerthan
recommended.
• Usepansizesuggestedinrecipe.
• Useproperrackpositionandplacepansothereis5.1
cm to 10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level.
• Rangenotlevel.
• Pantooclosetoovenwallor
rack overcrowded.
• Panwarped.
• Placeamarkedglassmeasuringcuplledwithwater
on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is
uneven, refer to the installation instructions for leveling
the range.
• Besuretoallow5.1cmto10.2cm(2”to4”)of
clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven.
• Donotusepansthataredentedorwarped.
Foods not done when
cooking time is up.
• Oventoocool.
• Ovenovercrowded.
• Ovendooropenedtoo
frequently.
• Setoventemperature25°F/12°Chigherthansuggested
and bake for the recommended time.
• Besuretoremoveallpansfromtheovenexceptthe
ones to be used for baking.
• Openovendooronlyaftershortestrecommended
baking time.