Kenmore ELECTRIC RANGE 790.4660 - Manual (Page 20)

Setting Oven Controls (confd)
Oven Baking Information
For best results, preheat 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.
Referto “Adjusting the Oven Temperature” section.
Baking problems and solutions
Baking Problems Causes Corrections
Cookies and
biscuits burn on • Cookies and biscuits put into
the oven before the preheating
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in oven.
the bottom. time is completed.
• Oven rack overcrowded.
• Choose pan sizes that will permit 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to
10.2 cm) of air space on all sides when placed in the
oven.
• Dark pan absorbs heat too fast. • Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
Cakes too dark on
top or bottom. • Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in the oven.
• Oven rack position too high or
low.
• Use proper rack position for baking needs.
• Oven too hot. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
Cakes not done in
the center. • Oven too hot. • Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
• Incorrect pan size. • Use pan size suggested in recipe.
• Pan not centered in the oven. • Use proper rack position and place pan so there is 2"
to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of space on all sides of pan.
Cakes not level. • Range not level. • Place marked glass measuring cup filled with water on
the center of the oven rack. If water level is uneven,
refer to the installation instructions tor leveling the
appliance.
• Pan too close to oven wall or
rackovercrowded.
• Be sure to allow 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of
clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven.
• Pan warped. • Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods not done
when cooking time
» Oven too cool. • Set oven temperature 25“F /12“C higher than
suggested and bake for the recommended time.
is up. • Oven overcrowded.
• Oven dooropened too
frequently.
• 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.
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