GE 49-8338 - Manual (Page 17)

BAKING
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Baking Guides
When using prepared baking mixes, follow package recipe or instructions
for best baking results.
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Cookies
When baking
cookies, flat cookie
sheets (without
sides) produce
better-looking
cookies. Cookies
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darker edges and pale or light browning may occur.
Do not use a cookie sheet so large that it touches the
walls or the door of the oven.
For best results, use only one cookie sheet in the oven
at a time.
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Never cover a shelf
entirely with a large
cookie sheet or
aluminum foil. This
will disturb the heat
circulation and results
in poor baking. A
smaller sheet of foil
may be used to catch a
spillover by placing it
on a lower shelf several inches below
the food.
Pies
For best results, bake pies in dark, rough or dull
pans to produce a browner, crisper crust. Frozen
pies in foil pans should be placed on an aluminum
cookie sheet for baking since the shiny foil pan reflects
heat away from the pie crust; the cookie sheet helps
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Cakes
When baking cakes, warped or bent pans will cause
uneven baking results and poorly shaped products.
A cake baked in a pan larger than the recipe
recommends will usually be crisper, thinner and drier
than it should be. If baked in a pan smaller than
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Baking Fans
Use the proper baking pan. The type of finish on the
pan determines the amount of brownmg that will occur.
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in glass baking dishes, lower the temperature by
25 °F. and use the recommended cooldng time in
the recipe. This is not necessary when baking pies
or casseroles.
Don’t Peek
Set the timer for the estimated cooking time and do
not open the door to look at your food. Nlcst recipes
provide minimum and maximum baking times such
as “bake 30-40 miniites.”
DO NOT open the door to check until the minimum
time. Opening the oven door frequently during
cooking allows heat to escape and makes baking
times longer. Your baking results may also be
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