Basic Ingredients - Oster 4807 User Manual

Basic Ingredients

Yeast
Yeast is actually a microscopic plant. Simply stated, without yeast, your bread will not rise. When moistened
by a liquid, fed by sugar, and carzjdly warmed, yeast produces gases which power the
temperature is too cold, the yeast will not be activated; ifit? too warn, it will die.
and Dough Maker takes care of this worry for you by maintaining just the riiht temperature in the baking
chamber at al/ times. You can use either "active dry yeas?, " quick acting", "rapid rise yeast" or one of the
Sugars
Sugars sweeten the bread, brown the crust, and lend tenderness to the texture. These jobs can be pegormed by
white or brown sugar, molasses, maple or corn syrups, honey, faits or other sweeteners.
Flour
the bread to rise, the flour has to have a high protein content. You shouldalways
In orderfor
flour" (for white bread recipes) in your bread maker to get the best results. Do not use all-purpose, cake f/our
Unlike white breadflour,
therefore tend to be heavier in texture andsmaller
whole wheat flour with white breadflourfor
liquids
When liquids are mixed with the proteins in flour, gluten is formed. Gluten is necessary for rising. Many
recipes use dry milk, but other liquids, such as fruit&ice,
recipe with too much liquid may cause the bread to fall during baking while a recipe with too littl'e @id wiL
not rise.
Salt inhibits rising, so be very careful measuring. Any ordinary table salt will do.
Fats
Many breads use fats to enhance the flavor and retain moisture. Typically, we use mafgan'ne
but butter may also be used.
who/e wheatflour contains bran and wheatgerm which inhibit rising. Wheat breads
in sixe. A lighter larger loaf can be achieved by combining
wheat bread recipes.
The Sunbeam Deluxe Bread
beer, and water work too. Itic a delicate balance: A
If tfie
to rise.
use a 'bread
or
in these recipes,