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Cooking ReCommendations
Cooking Conditions
Conditions in your kitchen can affect the performance of your appliance when cooking food.
Condition
Aging cookware
High altitude
Cooking Results
Small adjustments may help you achieve the best results.
Result
Food too light
Food too dark
Cooking tips
Use these additional tips to get the best results from your appliance.
situation
Baking
Rack placement
Preheat
Checking food
Bake or Convection Bake Convection bake is the best function to use for baking on multiple racks. For
Steam Bake
Food placement
attributes
As pans age and become
discolored, cooking times may
need to be reduced slightly.
Air is drier and air pressure is
lower.
Water boils at a lower tem-
perature, and liquids evapo-
rate faster.
Foods may take longer to
bake.
Doughs may rise faster.
Recommendation
Use the middle to maximum cook time recommended on packaging or recipe.
Use the minimum cook time recommended on packaging or recipe.
Recommendation
Follow the instructions in particular oven mode starting in "Setting Oven Con-
trols" on page 27.
Fully preheat the oven before baking items like cookies, cakes, biscuits and
breads. Insert food immediately after the beep.
Use the window and oven light when checking food. Opening the door may
reduce baking performance.
best performance, see "Convection Bake" on page 33.
For directions, tips, and benefits of Steam Bake see "Steam Bake" on page 36.
Allow at least 2 inches (5 cm) of space between bakeware for proper air cir-
culation.
Recommendation
If food is too dark or overcooked, use the
minimum cook time in the recipe or packag-
ing.
If food is too light or undercooked, use the
middle to maximum cook time in the recipe
or packaging.
Adjust cooking temperature, cooking time, or
recipes as needed.
Increase amount of liquid in baking recipes.
Increase cook time on cooktop. Cover dishes
to reduce evaporation.
Increase bake time or oven temperature.
Reduce amount of baking soda or baking
powder in recipe. Reduce rising time or
punch down dough and allow it to rise twice.
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