West Bend L4978 important safety instructions Troubleshooting, Problem, Possible Cause, Solution

RISE (3)	The dough then goes into the final rise to achieve its maximum height. Again, you may hear faint
	clicking sounds during the rise as gentle heat is provided to keep the chamber warm.
BAKE	The bread is then baked for the specified time depending on the Bread Color selection made: Light,
	Medium, Dark. An audible alert will sound when the bread is done and 0:00 will appear in the display.
	If the bread maker is not turned off, it will automatically go into the Keep Warm mode. After the bread is
	removed, deactivate program lock by holding LOCK button down for 3 seconds or until word ‘lock’
	disappears from display. Then turn bread maker off by holding down the START/STOP button down for
	3 seconds or until the red signal light goes out.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Following are some typical problems that can occur when making bread in your bread maker. Please review the problems, their possible causes and the corrective action that should be taken to ensure successful bread making.

PROBLEM		POSSIBLE CAUSE	SOLUTION
1. Top inflated,		Too much yeast.	Reduce yeast by ¼ to ½ teaspoon.
	mushroom-like
	in appearance	Too much sugar.	Reduce sugar by 1 teaspoon.
		Too much flour.	Reduce flour by 2 to 3 tablespoons.
		Substituted bread machine/	Use correct amount of bread
		fast-rising yeast for amount	machine/fast rising yeast.
		given for active dry yeast.
		Not enough salt.	Use amount of salt recommended
			in recipe.
		Warm, humid weather.	Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon and
			reduce yeast by ¼ to ½ teaspoon.
		May be caused from	Make recommended adjustment
		baking in high altitude.	for high altitude baking by
			reducing yeast by ¼ teaspoon
			and reducing liquid by 2 to
			3 teaspoons.
2.	Top and sides	Too much liquid.	Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon.
	cave in.
		Too much yeast.	Use amount recommended in
			recipe.
3.	Center of loaf is	Too much liquid.	Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon.
	raw, not baked
	through.	Power outage during	If power goes out during
		operation.	operation, bread maker will be
			turned off automatically. You
			will need to remove unbaked loaf
			from pan and start over with fresh
			ingredients.
		Forgot to put knead	Always make sure knead bar
		bar in pan.	is on shaft in bottom of pan
			before adding ingredients.
4.	Gnarly,	Not enough liquid.	Increase liquid by 1 tablespoon.
	knotted top.	Too much flour.	Measure flour accurately, leveling
			off measuring cup.
5.	Dark crust	Dark crust setting used.	Use Light or Medium crust color
	color.		setting the next time.

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