Oven baking – FRIGIDAIRE Electric Built- in oven User Manual

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Corrections

• Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature before

placing food in oven.

• Choose pan sizes that will permit 2-4" (5-10 cm) of air space

on all sides when placed in the oven.

• Use a medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.

• 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.

• 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 2-4" (5-

10 cm) of space on all sides of pan.

• Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with some water

on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is uneven,
refer to the installation instructions for leveling the range.

• Be sure to allow 2-4" (5-10 cm) of clearance on all sides of

each pan in the oven.

• Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
• Check oven rack for flatness and proper positioning.

• 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.

Oven Baking

"Baking" means to cook foods such as cakes or casseroles by dry heat in a covered
or uncovered pan. Roasting, often confused with baking, means to cook meat in an
uncovered pan. To Bake or Roast, follow the instructions in the Setting Oven
Controls
section.

Product Expectations

The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly
from your previously owned appliance

Baking Problems and Solutions
Chart

(Below)

Baking Problems

Cookies and
biscuits burn on
the bottom.

Cakes too dark on
top or bottom.

Cakes not done in
the center.

Cakes not level.

Foods not done
when cooking time
is up.

Causes

• Cookies and biscuits put into the

oven before the preheating time is
completed.

• Oven rack overcrowded.
• Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.

• Cakes put into the oven before

preheating time is completed.

• Rack position too high or low.
• Oven too hot.

• Oven too hot.
• Incorrect pan size.
• Pan not centered in oven.

• Range not level.
• Pan too close to oven wall or rack

overcrowded.

• Pan warped.
• Oven rack not level.

• Oven too cool.
• Oven overcrowded.
• Oven door opened too frequently.

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