BAKING

Baking is cooking at moderate temperatures in a range oven.  The oven should be lighted from 5 to 10 minutes (depending upon the food to be cooked) before the food is put in.

BREAD

Heat the oven about 5 minutes before using, and bake from 45 to 50 minutes on the lower rack.  Bread should be baked in a hot oven, should continue to rise about 15 minutes, brown for 20 minutes longer, and bake 15 minutes longer with a reduced flame.

BISCUITS

Heat oven for 10 minutes.  Put biscuits in oven and bake for 5 minutes with full heat, then turn gas off completely and bake 5 minutes longer.

LOAF CAKE

Heat oven 5 minutes.  Place the cake on the rack about 3 inches from bottom of oven.  Turn gas half on for about 30 minutes when the cake should have fully risen.  Increase heat enough to make the top brown and crisp.

LAYER CAKE

Layer cake should be placed in a hotter oven than loaf cake.  Heat oven 10 minutes.  Place cake on rack in center of oven and turn out the gas for 10 minutes.  Relight both burners turned half down for 12 or 15 minutes.  If not sufficiently browned increase the heat at the last.

BOILING

Boiling is cooking in water at a temperature of 212 degrees.  This is done on the open burners on top of the range.  There are three sizes of burners:  the giant, the ordinary and the simmerer.  In bringing water to boil quickly use the giant burner, then continue boiling on the simmerer or one of the ordinary burners turned low.  Do not waste gas by boiling hard.  Use covers on kettles.

Green vegetables when boiling retain their color better if the lid is left off the pot.

STEWING

Stewing is cooking in a small amount of water for a long time at simmering temperature.  It is the most economical way of cooking the cheaper cuts of meat.  The simmering burner should be used for this cooking.

TOASTERS

Bread toasters placed on the top burners of a gas range supply a quick and the most satisfactory method of preparing toast.  Large quantities of toast can be made to advantage in the broiler.

GAS WATER HEATERS

Gas water heaters supply the most economical and convenient source of hot water obtainable.

The automatic water heaters are made to heat water instantly and automatically upon opening any hot water faucet in the system.  These heaters are made in various capacities from 2 to 8 gallons per minute.

Circulating tank heaters which are attached to the kitchen boiler have to be lighted every time they are used.