Hot Dish Pointers

* Will It Pan Out? Stick to the baking dish specified in the recipe. Baking time is based on that size.

* Get It Out Of Oven – Don’t let a covered hot dish sit in the oven for long. The noodles get gluey.

* Speed Up The Dish – Shorten cooking times of dishes with precooked meat by microwaving the covered hot dish for 5 to 6 minutes, then placing in a preheated oven. This can cut ab hour baking time to about 35 to 40 minutes.

* Give Biscuits A Warm Bed – Add biscuit dough on top of warm filling. Putting biscuits on cold filling causes them to go brown on top and gooey on the bottom.