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sugar, water or milk. You can verify the freshness of your yeast by submitting it to the
following test: dissolve 1 teaspoonful of sugar in half a cup of lukewarm water and
subsequently add the yeast to this mixture. If the substance starts sparkling and boiling
after a few minutes, you can be sure that you are using fresh yeast.
Approximately 5 to 10 minutes after your bread maker has been activated, you can
equally test the quality of the dough. The dough should look like a smooth and elastic
round ball. Open the lid and gently touch the top of the dough with your fingers.
Be careful and make sure the kneading paddle remains in action!
If the dough somewhat sticks to your fingers, this implies the dough is going to be
fine. Should the dough however stick to the bread pan, then it is probably too moist. If
the dough does not stick to your fingers at all, the pastry you are making is too dry.
Salt brakes the effect of the yeast and sugar exactly does the opposite. If you are not
allowed to use either sugar or salt for dietary reasons, you must not add the other
ingredient either. Your bread will not contain sugar or salt.
If you want to start baking another bread straight away, you will first have to allow the
bread maker to cool down for 10 to 20 minutes.
Different types of bread will have different structures and sizes, due to the different
nature of the ingredients used. These differences are completely normal and need not
to worry you.
For some recipes, you may need to adjust the quantities, i.e. the amount of yeast,
flour or water. Never adjust all these quantities at the same time, for it will not have
any effect. Adjusting a quantity may be necessary because of
the quality and specific gravity of the flour
differences in ambient temperature
freshness of the ingredients.
Remark: never use larger amounts than specified. The total weight of all the
ingredients cannot be higher than 1250 g.
If too much dough is made, it may rise out of the bread pan and fall on the warm
heating element, which could cause fire.
Home-made bread, made with this bread maker, does not contain any preservatives
and
is therefore perishable. If you wrap the bread in a vacuum package after cooling down,
you will be able to keep it for a few days. Of course you can also freeze the bread.
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