Bread makers are one of those great inventions of our times that can make everything so simple, yet for some reason making great bread always seems so hard. However theres no use in complaining and wondering why the bread always turns out wrong when by applying some of my favorite tips below you can instantly be creating some of the best tasting, healthiest and best looking bread ever.
When cooking the bread you must always ensure you use the correct kind of flour, using the wrong flour will only make the bread too hard and crusty. Bread flour contains more protein than all purpose flour, meaning when you cook your bread with bread flour it makes stronger, fluffier and larger loaves. Ensuring you use bread flour also means the bread will be healthier for you and have more beneficial effects.
If you often have problems with the bread having wrinkled tops there is a great solution for your problem. Adding 2 teaspoons of rye flour for every cup of flour you use in the recipe will stop the tops of the bread from having a wrinkled top and make it look better.
When adding the ingredients to the bread machine, you must ensure you add them in the right order every time. Generally the best way to do this is to either pour all your liquids into the machine first, then add the solids, then the yeast. Or you can do it in reverse, by first adding the yeast, then the solids, then all your liquids. The reason for this is that moisture of any kind activates the yeast, thus if the yeast mixes with the liquids before the bread has even started cooking its going to make a bad tasting loaf.
Always ensure you use water that is at room temperature when cooking your bread. If cold water is used to cook the bread it won't activate the yeast causing the bread to not rise and cook properly. If hot water is used in the cooking it will speed up the yeast too much causing the bread to rise too quickly and overcook. Using very hot water will completely kill the yeast.
The last tip I leave for you today is always keep the bread machine manual and any information booklets that came with the machine, these booklets often contain great tips and info for using the bread machine to make the best tasting bread ever. Also when using your machine use a surge protector between it and the wall, as bread machines computer chips are very sensitive to voltage fluctuations and as such if a surge hits the machine it could scramble the system.
Thats all from me today, have fun and happy cooking.
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