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Setting Oven Controls (cont’d)

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.

Refer to “Adjusting the Oven Temperature” section.

Baking problems and solutions

Baking Problems

Causes

Corrections

Cookies and
biscuits burn on

the bottom.

• Cookies and biscuits put into

the oven before the preheating
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 2" to 4" (5.1 cm to

10.2 cm) of air space on all sides when placed in the

oven.

» Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.

Cakes tc

top or be

o dark on

jttom.

• 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 2" to

4" (5.1 cm to 10.2 cm) of space on all sides of pan.

Cakes n<

3t 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, r e f e r t o the installation instructions for
leveling the appliance.

• 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.

• Do not use pans that are dented or warped.

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when CO

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oking time

• 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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