Category Archive: Bread Troubleshooting

Don’t Forget This Important Bread Machine Rule

See what happened when I forgot one of the basic rules of using the bread machine.

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Bread Troubleshooting – Bread That Rises and Then Falls Revised

I also call this The Big Valley as it usually leaves a sunken area in the middle of the loaf. I wrote an article about this a few years ago, but here’s an updated version with more detail. This condition can be caused by any number of things including: Too much liquid – try decreasing …

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Bread Troubleshooting – Bread That Doesn’t Rise

It’s happened to all of us. You open the bread machine expecting to see a perfectly formed loaf of bread. Instead you see a bread brick. What happened?

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Bread Troubleshooting – Bread That Rises and Then Falls

Have you ever made a loaf of bread that has a valley in the middle?  That’s the sign of a loaf of bread that rose and then fell.  I had a loaf like this back in July. While I can’t find any scientific research to back me up, I think this was a problem caused …

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Heat Wave Baking

As you may know, I live near Seattle, Washington.  This week brought historically high temperatures.  My plan was to bake bread in the “cool” of the morning.  The only problem was that it wasn’t really cool in the morning.   It wasn’t cool for days on end.  The yeast loved the high temperatures.  My sandwich bread …

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