Troubleshooting - Hamilton Beach 29981 Manual

Troubleshooting

PROBLEM PROBABLE CAUSE
Odor or burning smell. • Flour or other
Ingredients not blending; • Bread Pan or Kneading
can hear motor turning.
• Too many ingredients.
Window is cloudy • May occur during
or covered with
condensation.
Kneading Paddle comes • Thicker crust with dark
out with bread.
Bread rises too high or • Ingredients not
pushes Lid up.
• Kneading Paddle not in
• Forgot to add salt.
Dough is not blending • Bread Pan or Kneading
thoroughly; flour and
other ingredients are
built up on sides of pan;
• Too many dry
bread loaf is coated with
flour.
• Gluten-free dough is
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SOLUTION
• Flour or other ingredients have spilled into Baking Chamber. Stop Bread Maker and
ingredients have spilled allow to cool completely. Wipe excess flour, etc., from Baking Chamber with a paper
into Baking Chamber. towel.
Tip: Measure ingredients over counter, adding them to Bread Pan prior to insertion
into machine.
• Bread Pan or Kneading Paddle may not be installed properly. Make sure Kneading
Paddle may not be Paddle is securely installed on Shaft.
installed properly.
• Too many ingredients. Measure ingredients accurately.
• May occur during mixing or rising cycles. Condensation usually disappears during
mixing or rising cycles. baking cycle. Clean Window well in between uses.
• It is not uncommon for Kneading Paddle to come out with bread loaf. Once loaf
crust setting. cools, remove Paddle with Paddle Hook.
• Ingredients not measured properly (too much yeast, flour). Measure all ingredients
measured properly accurately and make sure sugar and salt have been added.
(too much yeast, flour).
• Kneading Paddle not in Bread Pan. Check installation of Kneading Paddle.
• Forgot to add salt.
Bread Pan.
• Try decreasing yeast by 1/4 teaspoon (1 g).
• Bread Pan or Kneading Paddle may not be installed properly. Make sure Bread Pan is
Paddle may not be securely set in unit and Kneading Paddle is firmly on Shaft.
installed properly.
• Too many dry ingredients. Make sure ingredients are measured accurately and
added in proper order. Use a rubber spatula to scrape sides of pan while Bread
ingredients. Maker is mixing to ensure all ingredients are blended.
• Gluten-free dough is typically very wet. It may need additional help by scraping sides
typically very wet. It with a rubber spatula.
may need additional
• Excess flour can be removed from loaf once baked and cooled. Add water, one
help by scraping sides
tablespoon at a time, until dough has formed into a ball.
with a rubber spatula.