“Preheat oven to 350 F.” This is the first line of the majority of baking recipes in print. Be it for cookies, cakes or ...

As one guest in our weekly cooking chat stated: “I’ve been baking a lot of bread this winter, and I’ve found that I MUST preheat the oven to 350 or 375 before I put the loaves in.

“If the recipe specifically requires a temperature of 350°F for an hour, and the oven hasn’t yet reached this temperature, putting a cold item into the oven will lower the temperature even ...

“Preheat oven to 350 degrees.” I hate this phrase. First, as George Carlin pointed out, it’s linguistically absurd—you don’t preheat an oven, you heat it. More importantly, however, it ...

As one guest in our weekly cooking chat stated: “I’ve been baking a lot of bread this winter, and I’ve found that I MUST preheat the oven to 350 or 375 before I put the loaves in.

It takes 12 to 15 minutes or so to reach 350° F, according to the appliance pros at Whirlpool. ... Preheat the oven for anything needing a quick rise or crust, like cakes, cookies, or pizza.

The higher the desired temperature, the longer it takes to get there (say 450° F vs. 350° F); a bigger oven may also take a touch more time because there’s more air to heat up.

Place the cake on the middle rack of oven, then set temperature to 350°F. Bake about 25 minutes, until it’s set and pale gold and a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before spreading ...

Hang an oven thermometer in the center of the middle rack and preheat the oven to 350˚F (176.67˚C). Allow the oven to preheat for at least 20 minutes and take a temperature reading.