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.
How much it costs to make a loaf of bread in your bread machine? Also, how does that cost compare to store-bought bread? I’ve had the same question and have looked at this several times. Here are the 2025 numbers.
Continue reading →Here are the most popular bread machine recipes and articles on the Bread Machine Diva site. The top 5 recipes include Hawaiian Bread, Pound Cake and more.
Continue reading →Some people want to use their bread machine to create the dough and then bake the bread in the oven. So here’s some general advice on how to bake bread machine dough in the oven.
Continue reading →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.
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