This section is from the book "The American Woman's Cook Book", by Ruth Berolzheimer. Also available from Amazon: The Domestic Arts Edition of the American Woman's Cook Book.
Oven Temperatures for Baking | |
Degrees Fahrenheit | |
Slow oven ........................... | 250 to 350 |
Moderate oven ....................... | 350 to 400 |
Quick or hot oven .................. | 400 to 450 |
Very hot oven....................... | 450 to 550 |
Note Explaining the Use of Figures in the Following Tables. When two degrees of temperature or two periods of time are given, separated by a dash, (e.g. 350 - 375 or 30 - 40) it means that the temperature of the cooking medium or the length of the cooking period may range between these two extremes.
When the temperature figures are separated by the word "to" (e.g. 400 to 350) it means that cooking is to be started at the temperature first given and that the heat is afterward to be reduced to the second figure.
 
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