22The Best Use of Bake WareYou should bake cakes, quick breads, muffins, and•cookies in shiny, reflective pans for light, goldencrusts. avoid old, darkened, warped, dented, stainlesssteel and tin-coated pans.they heat unevenly and will not give good baking•results. use medium gauge aluminum sheets withlow sides when preparing cookies, biscuits and creampuffs. Dacor cookie sheets, with their low profiles, willgive you the best results.bake most frozen foods in their original foil contain-•ers, placed flat on a cookie sheet. Follow the packagerecommendations.when using glass bake ware, reduce the recipe tem-•perature by 25°f, except when baking pies or yeastbreads. follow the standard recipe baking time forpies and yeast breads.use the pan size and type recommended by the recipe•for best results.for roasting, Dacor’s optional “v” shaped rack and•broil/roast pan works best to allow air circulationaround the food.Dacor’s roasting pan works particularly well and two•of them will fit side by side in a 30-inch oven.Cooking TipsHigh Altitude CookingDue to the lower atmospheric pressure at higher alti-tudes, foods tend to take longer to cook. therefore, recipeadjustments should be made in some cases. In general,no recipe adjustment is necessary for yeast-risen bakedgoods, although allowing the dough or batter to rise twicebefore the final pan rising develops a better flavor. Trymaking the adjustments below for successful recipes. Takenote of the changes that work best and mark your reci-pes accordingly. you may also consult a cookbook on highaltitude cooking for specific recommendations.Altitude(feet)BakingPowderfor eachteaspoon,decrease by:Sugar for eachteaspoon,decrease by:Liquid, for eachcup add:3000 5-10% 10 - 25% 5-10%5000 10% 10% 20%7000 25% 20% 20 - 25%optional Broil and roastPan Kit (aorPVr)Deep Dish broil-roast pan(one per kit)“v” shaped rack grill