Baking
Cookies
Aluminum Foil
When baking cookies,
flat cookie sheets
(without sides) produce
better-looking cookies.
Cookies baked in a jelly
roll pan (short sides all
around) may have
darker edges and pale or
light browning may
occur.
Cookies can be baked on several shelves at the same
time but browning may be uneven because of reduced
air circulation.
Do not use a cookie sheet so large that it touches
the walls or the door of the oven.
Never entirely cover a
shelf with aluminum
foil. This will disturb
the heat circulation and
result in poor baking. A
smaller sheet of foil
may be used to catch a
spillover by placing it
on a lower shelf several
inches below the food.
Do not put aluminum foil on the oven bottom.
Pies
Cakes
For best results, bake
pies in dark, rough or
dull pans to produce a
browner, crisper crust.
Stagger the pies for
most even browning.
Frozen pies in foil
pans should be placed
on an aluminum
cookie sheet for
baking since the shiny foil pan reflects heat away
from the pie crust; the cookie sheet helps retain it.
For best browning when
baking several 8
²
or 9
²
cakes, stagger them so
one pan is not directly
above another. Warped
or bent pans will cause
uneven baking results
and poorly shaped
products. A cake baked
in a pan larger than the
recipe recommends will usually be crisper, thinner
and drier than it should be. If baked in a pan smaller
than recommended, it may be undercooked and batter
may overflow.
Pan Placement
For even cooking and proper browning, there must be
enough room for air circulation in the oven. Baking
results will be better if baking pans are centered as
much as possible rather than being placed to the front
or to the back of the oven.
Pans should not touch each other or the walls of the
oven. Allow 1– to 1
1
⁄
2
–inch space between pans as
well as from the back of the oven, the door and the
sides. If you need to use two shelves, stagger the pans
so one is not directly above the other.
Baking Guides
When using prepared baking mixes, follow package recipe or instructions
for best baking results.
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