Bread trouble shooting guide

Quick trouble shooting guide

Fault: Bread rises too much

Reason

Too much yeast added

Too much flour or incorrect type

Not enough salt

Fault: Bread does not rise or has sunk in the middle

Reason

None/not enough yeast

Yeast is too old

Yeast was activated before adding

Water/liquid was too hot when added

Fault: Heavy lumpy bread

Reason

Too much liquid

Not enough yeast

Too much flour

Too much fruit

Old ingredients

Fault: Open, moist/too porous bread

Reason

Too much water/liquid

No salt

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Most bread machines use a variety of timed programs

for preparing dough. For simplicity and as a general

guide we will outline the three most popular programs here. Please refer to your bread machine manual when preparing one of our recipes and choose the closest matching program.

Basic

This program is used the most frequently. The bread machine kneads the dough three times before allowing the dough to rise and bake. This program requires 3 hours in total.

Quick

For preparation of white and mixed bread. The bread machine kneads the dough twice. The process of rising of the dough is shortened, so loaves will require less time but will be smaller. This program requires 2 hours and 30 minutes in total.

Whole Wheat

For the preparation of whole wheat bread with sour dough and yeast. The bread machine kneads twice and the dough rises and bakes for a longer period. This program requires 3 hours and 40 minutes.

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