Kenmore 790.479 - Manual (Page 15)

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.
Setting Oven Controls
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
Baking
Problems Causes Corrections
Cookies and bis- • Cookies and biscuits put into • Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
cuits burn on the
bottom. the oven before the preheating
time is completed. before placing food in oven.
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• Oven rack overcrowded. • Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm
(2” to 4”) 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 be­
fore preheating time is com­
pleted.
• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in the oven.
* Rack position too high or low.
• Oven too hot. • Use proper rack position for baking needs.
• Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than recom­
mended.
Cakes not done in
the center. • Oven too hot. • Set oven temperature 25“F/12°C lower than recom­
mended.
* Incorrect pan size. • Use pan size suggested in recipe.
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* Pan not centered in oven. • Use proper rack position and place pan so there is
5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of space on all sides of
pan.
Cakes not level. • Range not level.
• Pan too close to oven wall or
rack overcrowded.
• Pan warped.
• Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with water
on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is
uneven, refer to the installation instructions for level­
ing the range.
• Be sure to allow 5.1 cm to 10.2 cm (2” to 4”) of clear­
ance on all sides of each pan in the oven.
• 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 sug­
gested and bake for the recommended time.
is up. * Oven overcrowded. • Be sure to remove all pans from the oven except the
ones to be used for baking.
• Oven door opened too fre- * Open oven door only after shortest recommended
quently. baking time.
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