Solving possible problems with baking bread

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Bread makers are very easy to use, once you get used to your bread maker, you will wonder how you used to do without it. But a bread maker is a machine, and it does not know how to think for itself. When baking bread, you can run into various problems, and it is important to understand why this happens. Here are some typical troubles that can happen.



BREAD IS TOO RISING

Photo - Too much yeast, reduce the amount by 25%.
- Excess sugar strongly affects the action of yeast; try reducing the amount of sugar.
- Did you forget to put in salt or did you use less than you need? If so, then nothing controlled the yeast and as a result the loaf rose too high.
- Too much liquid sometimes makes the bread rise too high. Next time, try reducing the amount by 1-2 tablespoons.
- Other possibilities are too much dough and too warm a day.

BREAD IS NOT RISING ENOUGH

Photo - Insufficient yeast or expired yeast.
- The "fast" cycle was chosen, in which there was little time for the bread to rise.
- The yeast came into contact with the salt before hanging. Add them to different corners of the shape so they don't touch.
- Too much salt inhibits the yeast. Perhaps you salted twice, or added salty ingredients in addition to salt - salted nuts or feta cheese.
- Wholemeal bread does not rise as well as white bread. This flour includes wheat bran, which makes the flour heavier.
- You may have used plain flour instead of bread flour, which is higher in gluten.
- The ingredients were at the wrong temperature. If they were too hot, they killed the yeast; if too cold, they delayed the action of the yeast.
- Not enough water. For the dough to rise properly, it must be elastic and soft. If the dough is too dry and tough, add a little liquid next time.
- During kneading, the lid of the bread maker was open for a long time, the warm air evaporated and the dough did not rise.
- No sugar added. Yeast rises best when there is at least 1 teaspoon of sugar to activate it. However, too much sugar could delay the yeast's action.

BREAD DOESN'T RISE AT ALL

- Yeast has not been added or is expired.
- Yeast was not working properly and may have been killed by too hot ingredients.

The dough is loose and does not form into a ball

- The dough is too dry. Add a little liquid until the dough is kneaded into a ball.

The dough is very sticky and does not form into a ball

- The dough is too wet. Try adding a little flour, spoon at a time, watching it soak into the dough. This should be done while the bread maker is stirring the dough.

BREAD MIXED BUT NOT BAKED

- The "Dough" mode is selected. Remove the dough, shape with your hands and bake in the oven or in a bread maker if it has a bake-only mode.

RISE BREAD DROPS IMMEDIATELY OR DURING THE FIRST STAGE OF BAKING

- The bread has risen too high. Next time, reduce the amount of yeast or use a faster baking cycle.
- Too much liquid added. Reduce the amount of liquid by 1-2 tablespoons or add a little flour.
- Not enough salt. Salt helps control the rise of the dough.
- The bread maker is in a draft or was moved or shaken while preparing the dough.
- The dough has risen too much due to too high humidity and warm weather.
- If cheese was used in the dough, there was too much of it.

FLOUR LEFT ON THE WALLS OF THE BUKHANKA

Photo - While kneading the dough, flour and dry ingredients adhered to the walls of the mold and began to stick to the loaf as it rose. The next time, 5-10 minutes after starting mixing, scrape the flour off the walls with a soft rubber spatula. Be careful not to hit the blade.

THE SHORT WRINKED AND REMOVED

- Moisture has collected on the surface of the loaf as the bread cools.

BREAD BREAD

- The bread has risen too high; try reducing yeast next time.
- There was not enough liquid in the dough.
- Too many whole grains have been added. They suck in liquid. Next time, either pre-soak the grains in water, or increase the amount of water in the dough.

The crust is burnt

- Too much sugar in the dough. Use less or try setting "light crust" for sweet breads.
- Use "Sweet Bread" mode if your bread machine has one.

Pale crust

- Add milk, dry or fresh, to the dough. Thanks to him, the loaf will be rounder.
- Set the mode to "Dark crust".
- Increase the amount of sugar a little.

SHIRT TOO RUBBER AND STRONG

- Increase the amount of butter or oil and milk.

THE BREAD IS NOT PROPEX IN THE MIDDLE OR TOP

- Too much liquid; next time, reduce the amount of liquid by 1 tablespoon or add more flour.
- The amount of ingredients is too large and the bread maker did not cope with the dough.
- The dough is too fat. There was too much fat, sugar, eggs, nuts, or grains in it.
- The lid of the bread maker was open or the machine was too cold.
- The flour was too dense. This can happen if you use rye flour, bran, or wholemeal flour. Replace some of this flour with regular white flour next time.

SHIRT TOO SOFT OR CRISPY

- For a softer crust, increase the amount of fat and use milk instead of water. For a crisp, do the opposite.
- For a crispy crust, use the French bread setting.
- The crust will be more crispy if the bread is removed from the machine immediately after baking and placed on the wire rack.

UNDER SHORT AIRBAG

- The dough is not well mixed or not sufficiently deflated during the kneading cycle. This is most likely a one-time problem, but if it recurs, try adding a spoonful of water to the dough.

THE ADDITIVES TO THE DOUGH WERE CUT FINE REFERRING TO THE WHOLE

Photo - They were added too quickly and were crushed with an interfering blade. Add additional ingredients when the bread maker beeps or 5 minutes before you finish mixing the dough.
- Add large pieces of nuts and dried fruits to the dough.



THE ADDITIVES ARE NOT MIXED WITH THE Dough

Photo - Most likely they were added too late after mixing the dough. Next time add a little earlier.

BREAD TOO DRY

- The bread has been cooling for too long and has dried.
- Bread with low fat dries quickly. Increase the amount of fat or oil in the recipe.
- The bread was kept in the refrigerator. Next time, put the loaf in a bag and store it in the bread bin.

THE BREAD TURNED HOLE

- The dough is too wet; use less liquid.
- No salt added.
- Warm weather or high humidity - the dough has risen too high.

STICKY LAMINATED UNRISED IMPRESSION

Photo - You forgot to insert the kneading paddle before adding the ingredients.
- The blade is not properly fitted on the pin.
- The dish is not inserted correctly into the bread maker.

THE BREADMAKER STARTS TO SMOKE

- Some ingredients have gotten onto the heating coil. Remove the dish from the bread machine before adding the ingredients.


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