Healthy Living A-Z Baking NameTitleCounty. 2009Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service2 Today you will learn: To use seasonal produce & a variety of fruits

Healthy Living A-ZHealthy Living A-ZBakingBaking

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Today you will learn:Today you will learn:

• To use seasonal produce & a To use seasonal produce & a variety of fruits & vegetablesvariety of fruits & vegetables

• To modify recipes for more To modify recipes for more healthful bakinghealthful baking

• Baking guidelinesBaking guidelines• Bakeware guidelinesBakeware guidelines


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Today you will learn:Today you will learn:

• Pan placementPan placement• Gas, electric, & Gas, electric, &

convection convection baking & oven baking & oven rack guidelinesrack guidelines

• Safety tipsSafety tips


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What is in season?What is in season?

Green onions Green beans Peas

Carrots Corn Squash

Tomatoes Apples Blueberries

Oranges Bananas Raspberries

Plums Blackberries Strawberries

Peaches Oranges Apples

Spring/Summer


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What is in season?What is in season?Fall/Winter


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Baking FruitBaking Fruit

• Do not overbakeDo not overbake• Best results are Best results are

from firm fruitsfrom firm fruits• Think beyond the Think beyond the

appleapple


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Baking VegetablesBaking Vegetables

• Winter squashWinter squash• PotatoesPotatoes• Sweet PotatoesSweet Potatoes• OnionsOnions• CarrotsCarrots


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To modify a recipeTo modify a recipe

• Decrease total Decrease total fat & caloriesfat & calories

• Decrease Decrease saturated fat & saturated fat & cholesterolcholesterol


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To modify a recipeTo modify a recipe

• Decrease Decrease sugarsugar

• Decrease Decrease sodiumsodium

• Increase fiberIncrease fiber


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Baking GuidelinesBaking Guidelines

• Hints for Hints for CookiesCookies

• Hints for CakesHints for Cakes• Hints for PiesHints for Pies


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Bake Pan PlacementBake Pan Placement

• Keep pans & Keep pans & baking sheets 2 baking sheets 2 inches from inches from oven walls.oven walls.

• Stagger pans on Stagger pans on different racks different racks so one is not so one is not directly over the directly over the other.other.


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Bakeware GuidelinesBakeware Guidelines

Dark or Dark or dull pansdull pans

Absorb more heat & Absorb more heat & result in more result in more browningbrowning

Recommended for Recommended for pies and breadspies and breads

Shiny Pans Shiny Pans (no sides)(no sides)

Recommended for Recommended for cookiescookies


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Bakeware GuidelinesBakeware Guidelines

Shiny pans Shiny pans (sides)(sides)

Recommended for Recommended for cakescakes

Glass pansGlass pans Lower oven Lower oven temperaturetemperature

by 25by 2500FF


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Baking Time GuidelinesBaking Time Guidelines

Cake Cake Pan Pan TypeType

Pan Pan SizeSize

Cups Cups of of

BatterBatter

Oven Oven Temp.Temp.

MinutMinuteses

OvalOval

7¾” x 7¾” x 5¾”5¾” 2½2½ 35035000 FF 25-3025-30

13” x 13” x 9¾”9¾” 88 35035000FF 25-3025-30


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Cake Cake Pan Pan TypeType

Pan Pan SizeSize

Cups Cups of of

BatterBatter


MinutMinuteses

Round,Round,

2” layer2” layer

6”6” 22 35035000FF 25-3025-30

8”8” 33 35035000FF 30-3530-35

14”14” 1010 35035000FF 50-5550-55


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Cake Pan Cake Pan TypeType

Pan Pan SizeSize

Cups Cups of of

BatterBatter


MinuteMinutess

Round,Round,

3” layer3” layer

8”8” 55 32532500FF 60-6560-65

12”12” 1111 32532500FF 75-8075-80

Half Half Round, Round, 2” layer2” layer

18”18” 99 32532500FF 60-6560-65


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Baking Time GuidelinesBaking Time GuidelinesCake Cake Pan Pan TypeType

Pan SizePan Size Cups of Cups of BatterBatter

Oven Oven Temp.Temp. MinutesMinutes

Half Half round, round,

3” layer3” layer18”18” 1212 32532500FF 60-6560-65

SquareSquare

6”6” 22 35035000FF 25-3025-30

10”10” 66 35035000FF 35-4035-40

16”16” 15½15½ 35035000FF 45-5045-50


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Oven Rack PositionsOven Rack Positions

• GasGas• ElectricElectric• ConvectionConvection


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Gas Oven BakingGas Oven Baking


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Gas Oven BakingGas Oven Baking

Rack Rack PositioPositionn

Food TypeFood Type

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Puff pastry products, Puff pastry products, strudels, casseroles, strudels, casseroles, muffins, small pork loin, and muffins, small pork loin, and eye of round roasteye of round roast

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Halved chickens, whole pork Halved chickens, whole pork tenderloin, Cornish hens, tenderloin, Cornish hens, pot pies, frozen pizzas, pot pies, frozen pizzas, quick breads (corn bread, quick breads (corn bread, biscuits)biscuits)


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Gas Oven BakingGas Oven BakingRack Rack PositioPositionn

Food TypeFood Type

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Roast tenderloin of beef, Roast tenderloin of beef, whole chicken, whole pork whole chicken, whole pork loin, roasted vegetables loin, roasted vegetables such as winter squashsuch as winter squash

55Whole turkey, capons, tip Whole turkey, capons, tip roasts & dressingsroasts & dressings


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Gas Oven BakingGas Oven BakingRack Rack PositioPositionn

Food TypeFood Type

66 Large cuts of roasts, meats Large cuts of roasts, meats such as top round, standing such as top round, standing rib roast, crown roast of lamb rib roast, crown roast of lamb & Boston butts& Boston butts

Baked white & sweet Baked white & sweet potatoes, flat breads & potatoes, flat breads & cobblerscobblers


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Electric Oven BakingElectric Oven Baking


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Type of FoodType of Food Rack PositionRack Position

Angel food cakeAngel food cake AA

Biscuits or Biscuits or muffinsmuffins

B or CB or C

Cookies or Cookies or cupcakescupcakes

B or CB or C

BrowniesBrownies B or CB or C


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Layer cakesLayer cakes B or CB or C

Bundt or pound Bundt or pound cakescakes

A or BA or B

Pies or pie Pies or pie shellsshells

B or CB or C

Frozen piesFrozen pies A (on cookie A (on cookie sheet)sheet)


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CasserolesCasseroles B or CB or C

RoastingRoasting A or BA or B


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Convection Oven BakingConvection Oven Baking


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Convection Oven BakingConvection Oven BakingRack 1 Rack 1 (lowest (lowest positionposition

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For roasting large cuts of For roasting large cuts of meat & large poultry, frozen meat & large poultry, frozen pies, soufflés, angel food pies, soufflés, angel food cakecake

Rack 2Rack 2

For roasting small cuts of For roasting small cuts of meat, large casseroles, meat, large casseroles, baking loaves of bread, cakes baking loaves of bread, cakes (in tube, Bundt, layer pans), (in tube, Bundt, layer pans), two-rack bakingtwo-rack baking


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Convection Oven BakingConvection Oven Baking

Rack 3Rack 3

Most baked goods on Most baked goods on cookie sheets or jelly cookie sheets or jelly roll pans, frozen roll pans, frozen convenience foodsconvenience foods

Rack 4Rack 4 Most broiling & two-rack Most broiling & two-rack bakingbaking

Rack 5 Rack 5 (highest (highest position)position)

For some broilingFor some broiling

Convection Oven Convection Oven BakingBaking

•Fan circulates hot air around Fan circulates hot air around food & evenly distributes it food & evenly distributes it throughout the oven cavitythroughout the oven cavity•Circulating air uniformly heats Circulating air uniformly heats food, producing a crisp, brown food, producing a crisp, brown exteriorexterior•May need to reduce May need to reduce temperature by 25temperature by 25ooFF

Child Safety TipsChild Safety Tips


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Oven Safety TipsOven Safety Tips


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Cleaning Safety TipsCleaning Safety Tips


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In Case of FireIn Case of Fire


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Aluminum FoilAluminum Foil

To avoid risk of personal To avoid risk of personal injury, property damage or injury, property damage or fire, do not line oven bottom, fire, do not line oven bottom, racks, or broiler pan & grid racks, or broiler pan & grid with aluminum foil or any with aluminum foil or any similar material.similar material.

WARNING


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Today you learned:Today you learned:

How to use seasonal produce & How to use seasonal produce & bake a variety of fruits & bake a variety of fruits & vegetablesvegetables

How to modify baking recipes How to modify baking recipes for more healthful eatingfor more healthful eating

About baking guidelinesAbout baking guidelines


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Today you learned:Today you learned:

Bakeware guidelinesBakeware guidelinesBaking pan placementBaking pan placementGas, electric, & convection Gas, electric, & convection

baking & oven rack guidelinesbaking & oven rack guidelinesSafety tipsSafety tips


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Healthy Living A-Z Baking NameTitleCounty. 2009Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service2 Today you will learn: To use seasonal produce & a variety of fruits