Are you an expert baker or just beginning to learn the skills for baking? Either way, you might know already that baking can get so tricky and failing to follow the rules can result in a disaster. What’s even more tricky is that you don’t know which steps in a recipe have to strictly be followed and which ones you can play a little bit.
If you have encountered a certain baking recipe that indicates where to specifically place the food in the baking racks inside the oven, it has a very good reason why so. For example, the various parts of the oven have different heat-force. One heat source is at the top of the equipment and the other one comes from the bottom. Once the oven has come to the desired temperature, it is the heat from the bottom of the equipment that maintains the temperature of the oven. The bottom part of the oven rack is great for the baked goods that you prefer to brown intensely on the bottom area such as crust pizzas and loaves of bread.
Conversely, the top rack is great for items that go with a crusty brown on top like pies. Just like in the case of baking racks that you use to cool your baked goodies, the middle oven rack is the best place for cooking cookies, cakes, and brownies as well. In case you’re baking more than one pan of bread, ensure that you rotate the baked goods between different racks. For example, if you are cooking two pans of cookies at once, it helps to swap the center pan to the bottom pan halfway through your cooking.
The key purpose here is that you’re not married to the rack where you started out. Rotating it will give you an even baked good. Just always remember what you want to achieve in the finished product and so stick to the rules to achieve it. Now that you know where the heat comes from in your oven, you would be guided where to start baking and where to finish. And of course, don’t forget to cool your baked goodies in baking racks for completely even and uniform baking.
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