Mr. Coffee Bread Maker: FAQs and Recipe Guide

COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS What has happened to the kneader blade?

It may havebeen

baked

into

the bottom of the loaf of bread. See

step

12

on

page 10

for how

to

remove the

kneader blade from the loaf.

Why is bread flour

used

in

most of the recipes?

Bread

flour

is

high in protein. When kneaded the protein produces gluten that

gives

bread

a

strong

structure more tolerant of variations in

the recipe,

weather

conditions

etc., than

all-purpose flour.

Can I use

all- purpose

flour in my breadmaker?

You may use

all - purpose

flour,

however, the bread will be lower in volume

and the

texture

will

be

slightly

different

than bread made with bread flour.

Because

the

bread

structure

is

less strong’ than

when bread flour is used, breads

made

with

all-purpose

flour

aren’t

as

tolerant

tO additional ingredients

such

as

fruit, grains

or

vegetables.’

Can I use self-rising flour

in my

breadmaker?

No, the

leavening

in self-rising flour

interferes

with the yeast,

and the

result

will

not

be

satisfactory.

what is gluten?

Gluten is

the

insoluble protein found in wheat flours. Hard wheat has

a

higher

gluten content

that

soft

wheat.

Gluten is formed when liquid

is

added

to

flour and

kneaded. Gluten

is

the

foundation

of a good loaf of bread.

Can I use my

favorite

bread recipes in my breadmaker?

You

can

if

you are

wilting to experiment.

Unfortunately, there

is

no

tried-and-true

formula

for

doing this

because

bread recipes vary. The recipe needs

to

be

scaled

down to fit the flour

restrictions

of

your breadmaker (4 2 / 3 cups for BAKE

settings,

4

1/2

cups

for

ROUGH setting). You will have to figure amounts mathematically.

(For

example, if a favorite recipe uses 7 1/2 to 8 cups of flour, because your

breadnaker has a maximum amount of 4 2/3 cups of flour for baked

recipes you

could begin by using 4 cups of flour and one-half of the amount of remaining

Ingredients.)

Use

the

same order of adding

ingredients to

the

inner

pot

as

recommended

in

our

recipes.