Are you an expert baker or just starting out to learn some new baking skills? Either way, you might already know that baking can get so tricky. What is more, if you don’t know which steps in a recipe you have to strictly follow and which ones you can play around with a bit, then you will be in trouble. One of the most important parts of baking is knowing where to specifically place the food in the baking racks inside the oven and there is a very good reason for this.
This is primarily because various parts of the oven have different heat sources. One heat source is at the top of the oven and the other usually comes from the bottom. When the oven has been set to the desired temperature, the heat from the bottom keeps that temperature as the oven is at work. In this case, the bottom oven rack would be perfect for the baked goods that you want to brown intensely on the bottom such as crusty pizzas and bread. On the other hand, the top rack works great for goodies that are best topped with a crusty brown top on, like pies.
Just how you use the baking racks to cool your baked products, the middle oven rack is the best place for baking cookies, cakes, and brownies. If you are baking more than one pan of goodies, make sure that you rotate food between different racks. For example, when baking two pans of cookies at once, it helps to swap the centre pan to the bottom pan halfway through the baking process. This can give you even baked goodies. Just don’t forget to think about what you really want to achieve with the finished product so you know exactly what to do.
Knowing where the heat comes from in your oven would help guide you where to start baking and where to end and more importantly, don’t forget to cool your baked products in baking racks for a perfectly baked finish.
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