Charlescraft NBR BBM3 Instruction Manual page 14

Bread Machine Troubleshooting Guide
HCNing a problem with bread from your bread machine? This troubleshooting guide should help you understand reasons far failure and solutions for success.
Problem Possible Cause Solution
1. Top Inflated, Mushroom-Uke Appearance Too much yeast Decrease yeast in recipe
Too much sugar Decrease sugar in recipe
Not enough salt Try adding a little salt
Substituted fast-acting yeast for amount given for active dry yeast. If substituting fast-acting yeast for active dry, decrease amount by 1/ 4 t sp
Yeast
was
not added according to manufacturer's directions
2. Top and Sides Cave In Too Much Uquid Try reducing liquids 1 tbsp at a time
Used canned fruit but did not drain well
Uquld off-balanced by addition of cheese
Used coarser flours such as whole wheat or rye If using too much coarse flour, try increasing yeast slightly or reducing coarse flours
and increasingbread flour
3. Soggy Sides Did not remove bread from pan soon enough If possible, remove bread immediately when baking is finished
4. Center of Loaf Is Raw or Not Baked Through Used coarse flours such as whole wheat or rye For coarse flours try adding an extra knead cycle. To do this, after the first knead,
let dough rise then restart machine at the beginning of the cycle as for a new loaf.
Used moist Ingredients such as yogurt or applesauce If too many moist ingredients are used, try reducing liquids 1 tbsp at a time
5. Gnarly, Knotted Loaves Not enough liquid Increase liquid 1 tbsp at a time
Too much flour Reduce flour 1/4 cup at a time
6. Didn't Rise or Flat Loaves Yeast was omitted M ake sure yeast is fresh
Yeast was old Make sure to use room temperature water
Uquid used was too hot or cold Taste the bread to see if it is too salty then reduce by 1/4 tsp at a time
Too much salt was used
7. Lower Volume or Shorter Loaves
Used stone ground and whole wheat flours Try substituting bread flour for part of the stone ground or whole wheat flour
Not enough liquid Try adding more liquid, sugar, or yeast
Not enough sugar or no sugar added
Wrong type of flour used Check to make sure bread flour, not all purpose flour, was used
Wrong type of yeast used Check to make sure yeast amount suggested was for the type of yeast you were
using
Not enough yeast used
8. Collapsed while Baking May be caused from baking at high altitude Try reducing yeast by 1/4 tsp or reducing water by 1/8 cup