West Bend L5689A BREAD TEXTURE Heavy, dense texture, Open, coarse, or holey texture

BREAD TEXTURE

Heavy, dense texture

•Too much flour – Measure accurately, leveling off measuring cup.

•Not enough yeast – Add recommended amount of yeast.

•Not enough sugar – Add recommended amount of sugar.

Open, coarse, or holey texture

•Salt omitted – Assemble ingredients as listed in recipe.

•Too much yeast – Add recommended amount of yeast.

•Too much liquid – Reduce liquid by 1-2 teaspoons.

Bread doesn’t slice well, very sticky

•Sliced while too hot – Allow bread to cool on rack at least 15-20 minutes before slicing to release steam.

•Not using proper knife – Use a good bread knife or electric knife.

Center of loaf raw, not baked through

•Too much liquid – Reduce liquid by 1-2 teaspoons.

•Power outage during operation – If the power goes out during operation for longer than 5 minutes, the bread maker will remain off when the power is restored. Remove the unbaked loaf from the bread pan and start over with fresh ingredients.

•Forgot to put knead bar in bread pan – Always make sure the knead bar is on the shaft in bottom of the bread pan before adding ingredients.

CRUST and COLOR THICKNESS

Dark crust color/too thick

•Too much sugar – Reduce sugar by half.

Loaf of bread is burned

•Bread maker is malfunctioning – See Warranty page for service information.

Crust too light

•Not enough sugar or fat – Increase sugar or fat by half the amount recommended.

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