Kenmore 790.75503 - Manual (Page 21)

Oven Baking informations
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.
See step-by-step baking instructions for right oven in the Electronic Oven Control section.
See left oven step-by-step Instructions in the "Setting Left Oven Control" section.
Setting Oven
Controls
FEATURE OVERVIEW
» Oven Baking
Informations
Baking problems and solutions
Baking Problems Causes Corrections
Cookies and
biscuits burn on
the bottom.
Cookies and biscuits put into
the oven before the pre-heating
time is completed.
Oven rack overcrowded.
Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food in oven.
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.
Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
Cakes too dark on
top or bottom.
« Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed.
« Oven rack position too high or
low.
• Oven too hot.
Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before placing food In the oven.
Use proper rack position for baking needs.
Set oven temperature 25“F/12°C lower than
recommended.
Cakes not done in
the center.
• Oven too hot,
* Incorrect pan size.
« Pan not centered in the oven.
Set oven temperature 25“F/12°C lower than
recommended.
Use pan size suggested in recipe.
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 marked glass measuring cup filled with water
on the center of the oven rack. If water level is
uneven, refer to the installation instructions for
leveling the appliance.
Be sure to allow 5,1 cm to 10.2 cm (2" to 4") of
clearance on all sides of each pan in the oven.
Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
Foods notdone
when cooking
time is up.
Oven too cool.
Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened too
frequently.
Set oven temperature 25°F /12°C higher than
suggested and bake for the recommended time.
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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