troubleshooting
BAKING BREAD
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Why does the top of the | • Usually this is because the ingredients are not in balance or low protein flour is used. Check the |
bread collapse? | method of weighing/measuring the ingredients. Too much yeast, water or other liquid ingredients, |
| or insufficient flour, may cause the bread to be pale on top and collapse while baking. |
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Why does the bread | • Bread is sensitive to its environment so can be affected by altitude, humidity, weather, room |
sometimes vary in height | temperature, length of the Delay Start timer and fluctuations in household current. The |
and shape? | bread shape can also be affected if stale ingredients are used or are incorrectly measured. |
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Why is my whole wheat loaf | • Whole wheat flours and some specialty grains do not rise as well as bread flour. The result |
shorter than my regular | will be a shorter and smaller loaf. |
white loaf? |
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Why does bread color differ? | • Ingredients and their properties can cause the loaf to brown differently. Try changing the |
| crust color or modifying the baking temperature and/or time. Also, the crust may have |
| darkened during the ‘keep warm’ phase. We recommend removing the bread before the |
| ‘keep warm’ phase begins. |
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Why does bread sometimes | • Too much yeast or stale ingredients, particularly flour and water, can cause odors. Always |
have a strange odor? | use fresh ingredients and accurate measurements. |
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Why does flour sometimes | • During the ‘knead’ phase small amounts of flour may sometimes stick to the sides of the bread |
stick to the side of the bread? | pan and bake onto the sides of the loaf. Scrape the floured portion from the outer crust with |
| a sharp knife. The next time you try the recipe, if necessary, during the ‘knead 2’ phase use a |
| rubber spatula to fold in any unmixed flour from around the edges of the bread pan. This is |
| especially important on the GLUTEN FREE and YEAST FREE settings. You may want to spray |
| the bottom and halfway up the sides of the bread pan with cooking oil before adding ingredients |
| for your yeast free breads, and use a rubber spatula to loosen the loaf before turning out. |
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