What is Vital Wheat Gluten?
Do you have a wheat or rye bread recipe that didn’t turn out? Maybe the problem was that the recipe didn’t contain vital wheat gluten.
Continue reading →Category Archives: Bread Machine Troubleshooting and Tips
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.
Bread Machine Mishaps – Soda Pop Bread
I found a recipe for bread made with soda pop. The recipe stated that any type of soda could be used. For my first experiment I selected root beer. It did NOT work out.
Continue reading →Five Tips for your Bread Machine’s Delay Start Timer
No matter what sort of bread machine you have here are some tips for using the time delay function. I’ve also got some recipes for you to use with this feature.
Continue reading →Converting Bread Machine Recipes for Differently Sized Machines
Bread machines come in different sizes. So I’m frequently asked how to convert recipes into recipes for bread machines of different sizes.
Continue reading →Bread Flour Versus All-Purpose Flour
What’s the difference between these types of flour? Gluten! Wondering about cake flour, self-rising flour, and pastry flour? I’ve got information about those too.
Continue reading →Zojirushi Bread Machine Tip – The Add Beep
The other day I was looking up a cycle time in the manual that came with my Virtuoso breadmaker when I noticed something for the first time. Do you see it?
Continue reading →Smooth, Round Ball of Dough?
“Check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. It should be a smooth, round ball.” What do I mean by that?
Continue reading →Water and the Bread Machine
I loved my new house, but my bread machine didn’t seem to like it much. It was turning out bread dough was incredibly sticky and really unpleasant to handle. Imagine my surprise when I discovered the problem. It was our water!
Continue reading →Bread Machine Tip – Be Sure to Let the Pan Cool
NEVER put cold water in the bread pan while it is still hot after baking. This will warp the base of the pan and cause the beaters to scrape the non-stick coating off in a circular pattern. ALWAYS let it stand to cool before washing it out.
Continue reading →Eeek! I Forgot to Put the Paddles in the Bread Machine!
Has this ever happened to you? There’s a strange sound coming from the bread machine. You’ve forgotten to add the paddles! Eeek! What do you do now?
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