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