Breadman TR2828G instruction manual Troubleshooting

TROUBLESHOOTING (continued)

Ingredients/Recipes Questions and Answers

Symptom	Possible Solution
Why do I get air	This can be caused by using too much yeast.
bubbles at the top
of the bread?
When using	Add raisins, nuts etc., at the Fruit and Nut Beep. For best
raisins, the Bread	results, use dry raisins. Also, check your dough consistency 5
Baker crushes	minutes into kneading. If the dough is too dry, it will not
them. How can I	incorporate the raisins easily.
avoid this?
Why does my	The bread may be rising too fast. To reduce the rate of rising,
bread rise and then	reduce the amount of water and/or increase the amount of salt
collapse or crater?	and/or decrease the amount of yeast.
Can I use my	Yes, but you will need to experiment to get the right propor-
favorite bread	tion of ingredients. Become familiar with the bread baker and
recipes (traditional	make several loaves of bread from recipes provided before
yeast bread) in my	experimenting. Never exceed a total amount of 21/2cups flour.
Bread Baker?	Use the recipes in this book to help determine the ratio of
	flour to liquid and amounts of yeast, sugar, salt and fat to use.
Why do the loaves	No, it is normal for whole wheat and multi-grain breads to be
vary in height and	shorter and more dense than basic or French breads. Whole
weight? The whole	wheat and rye flours are heavier than white bread flour; there-
wheat and multi-	fore, they don’t rise as much during the bread making process.
grain breads are	They also typically have added ingredients, such as oats, bran,
always shorter. Am	nuts and raisins, which contribute to the shorter height and
I doing something	more dense texture.
wrong?

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