BREAD TEXTURE
Heavy, dense texture
•Too much flour – Measure accurately, leveling off measuring cup.
•Not enough yeast – Add recommended amount of yeast.
•Not enough sugar – Add recommended amount of sugar.
Open, coarse, or holey texture
•Salt omitted – Assemble ingredients as listed in recipe.
•Too much yeast – Add recommended amount of yeast.
•Too much liquid – Reduce liquid by
Bread doesn’t slice well, very sticky
•Sliced while too hot – Allow bread to cool on rack at least
•Not using proper knife – Use a good bread knife or electric knife.
Center of loaf raw, not baked through
•Too much liquid – Reduce liquid by
•Power outage during operation – If the power goes out during operation for longer than 5 minutes, the breadmaker will remain off when the power is restored. Remove the unbaked loaf from the bread pan and start over with fresh ingredients.
•Forgot to put knead blade in bread pan – Always make sure the knead blade is on the shaft in bottom of the bread pan before adding ingredients.
CRUST and COLOR THICKNESS
Dark crust color/too thick
•Too much sugar – Reduce sugar by half.
Loaf of bread is burned
•Breadmaker is malfunctioning – See Warranty page for service information.
Crust too light
•Not enough sugar or fat – Increase sugar or fat by half the amount recommended.
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