Most bread machine problems can be solved! This category contains helpful articles about challenges you may face when using your bread machine.
Wondering what to do when your bread doesn’t rise? What’s the difference between all-purpose flour and bread flour? How do you convert bread recipes for one sized machine to recipes for another sized machine? I’ve got all that covered and more.
I’ve also got special sections devoted to questions about bread ingredients and issues relating more to bread machines than to bread.
Getting a bread machine or using one for the first time is exciting. It can also be a little overwhelming. Where do you start? What if the recipes don’t turn out? How do you store the bread? These tips will help.
Continue reading →Wondering how to measure flour? Check out two methods and learn the pros and cons of each.
Continue reading →Wondering about high altitudes and your bread machine? I get it! Over the last few years I’ve lived at sea level, 4,800 feet and have now bought a home at 3,700 feet. Here are some hints for adjusting bread machine recipes so that they work, no matter the altitude.
Continue reading →Are your hamburger buns and dinner rolls burning? Do recipes for anything involving your oven not turn out? Maybe the problem is the oven temperature.
Continue reading →I make ALL the bread for our household with my bread machine. (Really!!) As you might guess, we go through a lot of bread flour. Learn where we buy flour in bulk and how we store it.
Continue reading →It’s happened to all of us. Sometimes your bread doesn’t rise at all. Instead of a great loaf of bread, you’ve got a bread brick! I’ve got tips that will help.
Continue reading →What do you do when your bread rises, but then collapses while baking? I’ve got a bunch of hints that will help. And while this blog is about bread machines, the tips will help for any method of making bread.
Continue reading →Bread machine yeast. Rapid rise yeast. Active dry yeast. Are you wondering what the difference is and what type of yeast to use in your bread machine? This article will help.
Continue reading →Do you have a bread machine, but no manual? Here’s a list of links to online bread machine manuals.
Continue reading →There are differences between the two sweeteners. However, many bread recipes call for such a small amount of sugar that it doesn’t really matter. So for the most part, substitute away! If your recipe has a quarter cup (4 tablespoons) of sugar or more, then see this article.
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