baking in oven

[josiespcah6ojsh]

i have always wondered,do u put a 9X13 pan in virtically or horizontally? i havent baked sweets in my oven for a long time so i have forgotten

laura

 

[amyg]

Laura I think it depends on your oven. Mine cooks most in the back left corner so if I have room I'll put it horizontally and rotate it a few times. If there is more than one dish, I need to put it vertically so they both fit.

Aside from that, there isn't a reason to place it one direction or the other.

 

[chefkate]

I always go horizontal with a 9x13

.....wow....that could sound really bad!

 

[goldenpath]

I would put it horizontal and then half way rotate it to make sure it cooks evenly.

 

[josiespcah6ojsh]

i like the idea of rotating. i will try that tomorrow when i make polka dot brownies

laura

 

[CollinsMom]

I always go horizontal with a 9x13

.....wow....that could sound really bad!

LMAO!! Ditto!!

 

[Peaceful Rainbow]

It never occurred to me to even wonder if there was a right or wrong way to do it! That said I put it in horizontally unless I've got multiple things and then I put it vertically to fit everything in.

 

[dragonf1y]

My oven is too small to put a 9x13 horizontally, even putting a cookie sheet in vertically holds the door out a little bit.
I am saving to replace my oven and stove with a properly sized range.

 

[kathryn]

I'd put it horizontally, but turn it after 20 minutes (after the food has set--this is what I've read in a baking book) so the food is evenly heated (most ovens don't heat evenly).

If you can't fit it in vertically, then maybe diagonally one way, then diagonally the other way to turn it?