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.