If you’re in a hurry, try the quick cycle (though only if you have rapid or instant yeast it’s not appropriate for active dry yeast). It's a good all-purpose cycle that will work for most bread recipes, including those with whole grains. Start with the basic cycle, medium crust. Your machine has multiple cycles, from basic to wheat to manual. it could be that your particular machine's rising cycles are extra-warm or extra-long, which can cause the bread to over-rise before it bakes. Be aware that it may work more slowly, so don't use active dry yeast in your machine's quick cycle.Īlso, don't worry about "proofing" active dry yeast prior to use its formulation has changed in recent years, and it's no longer necessary to dissolve it in warm water before use.įinally, if you find your bread machine loaves consistently rising and then falling, try cutting the yeast back by about one-third (e.g., if you've used 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast, try 1 1/2 teaspoons). What if you don’t have any instant yeast? Then you'll have to use active dry. Substitute 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast for a packet of active dry or rapid yeast. How do you know how much instant yeast to use? It's a simple substitution: Instant yeast is vigorous and strong it's infinitely less expensive than the little packets of active dry you get at the supermarket, and it’s almost surely fresher. We're strong advocates for instant yeast in all bread baking, and that includes machine baking. Many recipes call for a packet of active dry yeast some call for "rapid" yeast. Watch those mix-insĭoes your handmade recipe call for the addition of both rolled oats and nuts? Understand that adding dry ingredients like fruit, nuts, flaked or chopped whole grains, and seeds will decrease your machine’s effective capacity.Ī recipe calling for 3 3/4 cups flour, 1 cup rolled oats, and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts will probably surpass the capacity of your 1 1/2-pound machine best to try a different recipe. If the recipe is larger, determine how much you need to reduce the recipe’s flour in order to accommodate your machine’s capacity, and go with that amount cut back the remaining ingredients by the same percentage. If you have a recipe that calls for less flour than your machine’s capacity, try baking it anyway you’ll probably get a loaf that’s just a bit shorter than it would normally be.
Many typical single-loaf recipes use 3 to 4 cups of flour those recipes are perfect for your 1 1/2-pound machine (or your 2-pound machine using the 1 1/2-pound setting). In general, these are the flour capacities for the most common sizes of bread machine:Ĭhoose recipes that match your bread machine’s flour capacity You may notice that the manufacturer’s recipes consistently call for, as an example, between 3 and 4 cups of flour: that’s your machine’s capacity. To determine the flour capacity of your particular machine, study the machine’s recipe booklet. While your machine may label itself a 1-pound, 1 1/2-pound, or 2-pound machine, what you really want to know is its “flour capacity.” How do you know if your proposed recipe has the “right” amount of flour?
The last thing you want to do is open your bread machine and find half-baked dough spilling out of the bucket into the bottom of the machine, the result of using a recipe with too much flour. So, how do you decide which of your favorite recipes to try first? Follow these tips, and you’ll soon develop the ability to quickly determine when a recipe can potentially transition easily to the bread machine - and when it’s best to continue making the recipe by hand. But if you usually enjoy your bread toasted or grilled, then honestly, you’ll never notice the difference. The price you pay for the superior convenience of machine baking (“just press start!”) is a slight drop-off in the resulting loaf’s quality. Understand that your favorite yeast bread recipes, when baked in a bread machine, will often be drier and less tender than the original. You’ll want to learn some basic rules, then start experimenting with your favorite recipes. The fact is, with all the brands, degrees of quality, and sizes of bread machine out there - to say nothing of the huge universe of yeast bread recipes - it’s impossible to offer a one-size-fits-all method for baking traditional “handmade” recipes in a machine. So it’s not surprising that one of the questions we hear frequently on our Baker’s Hotline is this: "How can I bake my favorite homemade bread recipes in the bread machine?" This is a tool that definitely has its advocates - those who appreciate the machine’s production of loaf after loaf with little more effort than pressing a button. Whether or not you use a bread machin e, this all-in-one bread-baking appliance has some legs: it’s been around for going on 30 years now.
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