Bread Machine Digest » Troubleshooting Chart for Bread Machines (2024)

I am grateful for the tips on this site, but I have just encountered something not apparently covered in your advice.

My most recent whole wheat loaf came out of the bucket of the small second-hand Panasonic Bread Bakery machine that I am gradually learning to use, IN THE FORM OF CRUMBS. Quite literally, it began disintegrating into crumbs as it hit the board, and the lightest touch made it fall to pieces further. Now, I tried to follow a recipe, and previous loaves in this little machine have been tasty although aesthetically lacking, so I am at a loss to explain the excessive friability of this particular loaf. )The crumbs, by the way, promise to make elegant meatball mix, when ground beef next goes on sale.)

I used fresh yeast, all the sugar, and salt called for, and cool water. There had clearly been rising going on, but of what alien sort, I cannot say. Nor was it the first time I had subsituted a bit of flax seed meal and wheat germ for a portion of the whole wheat flour.

Thoughts from more experienced bakers??

Thanks!

Hi

I hope you can help me. I have recently been given (not new but as good as) a Prima model ABM12 bread maker.
I used the reccommended brand ingredients, followed the instructions and used the reccommended programme and despite several tries the ingredients don’t even mix, let alone rise or look like a loaf – any advice would be greatly appreciated.
regards
Charlotte

@Charlotte – If it is not even mixing then you may have a defective bread machine. Is the paddle securely attached at the bottom of the pan? Is the motor kicking on and the machine heating up?

Cindy – If you used cool water, that could be part of the problem. I’ve always been instructed to use “room temperature” water, which to me means you can just barely feel some warmth in the water if you stick your finger in it. We know yeast needs warmth to rise and using cold water could kill the yeast before the machine has had a chance to warm up.

Here’s on more thing for breadmakers: you may need to change the amount of certain ingredients if you live in a high altitude area! That’s anything over 3500 ft. I live at 4600 ft so have to be careful to check the recipes!
Margo in Arizona

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I have been making my own Pizza Dough and am looking for advice on WHEN to flatten/roll the dough.
Last night I cut the dough into 2 portions and tried to shape the first half having great difficulty right out of the Maker.
The second half was much easier but both STUCK to the Pizza Stone which I did nothing to this time.
What pointers help can you give?
Thanks

I love to make pizza dough, too, and have found that I need to use either olive oil or flour to make the dough cooperate. When I’m making a stromboli on an oblong metal pan, I prefer the oil — I drizzle it onto the dough in the pan, then help it soak down the edges by running a skinny spatula around the edge and bottom. Then I dump the dough onto the pan and shape as needed. When I’m making pizza on a pizza stone, I prefer to use flour, since the oil soaks into the stone, and that builds up over time. I sprinkle a few tablespoons of flour on the dough in the pan and help it coat the dough by running the spatula around the sides and bottom. This helps the dough pop out onto the pizza stone, where I flatten it either by hand or with a rolling pin (I am completely incompetant when it comes to hand tossing pizza dough!). I have found that initially, the dough will spring back and not want to retain the rolled shape. But if I let the dough rest awhile, it does better on a second try. My chef friend, who can hand toss, lays down a light sprinkling of corn meal onto the pizza stone to keep it from sticking, then uses a wooden paddle to slide the formed dough onto the heated pizza stone already in the oven. Hope these tips help.

I used my breadmachine for 5 months, everything worked fine. The problem started last week, after kneadling the bread dough, there was some grey stuff found inside at the bottom of the pan, around the shaft. The paddle look fine to me, no scratch. I didn’t cook the dough which had touched the gray stuff. I didn’t use my breadmachine since then. What is wrong with it, can I fix it without buying a new one? Please advice. Thanks.

Frances

I love your pictures of various bread problem. For a beginner like me,it really helps to see and identify the problem. I live in a high altitude area and my bread always comes out with a “sunken top”. Some people tells me my flour is too dry and the bread is rising too fast, so I add 50% more liquids and 25% more salt, but it still comes sunken. I’m going to try your remedy. I’ll let you know how it goes. Thanks.

I just bought a 2nd hand bread machine, and am hoping to be able to make spelt bread. I have a wheat sensitivity. I have made two loaves of bread now, and both have been dismal failures. The first loaf, I got from a different website and the recipe specified white spelt flour. I think I tried to make a 2 lb loaf in a 1 1/2 lb machine. It was sunken and dense. For the second loaf, I used your first loaf recipe, subbing spelt for wheat flour 1:1. Even more sunken than the first loaf, it’s not even done cooking but it’s a huge failure. Do you have any suggestions for using spelt instead of wheat? There are very few spelt recipes out there, and I’m getting frustrated trying to figure out how to replace the wheat with spelt.

I want to make a banana nut bread in my welbilt 2 pound machine. The recipe says use the “cake” setting. I misplaced the manual that came with the machine. Please tell me what would the “cake” setting be?

I put raisins in at the correct time, but they sink to the bottom.

I purchased a Panasonic Bread Bakery bread machine SD BT 51P (one pound) second hand and I don’t have the manual – I’ve been searching the web and went to the Panasonic web site – does anyone know how to find one?
Thanks so much !

I have trouble getting the loaf out of baking pan, it eventually comes out with a lot of shaking usually the padlles stay stuck in pan and pulls out chunks of bread with it,,, we have tried different machines, the odd time it will drop right out , no problem, but you have to fight with it most times we need some advice Thank you

my Charlescraft bread machine is stuck on timer mode..i unplugged it and still can’t get it off that setting no matter how hard i try! Any ideas?

I just bought a Zojirushi bbcc-x20 and as of now have made 3 different loaves/ types. I followed the recipies to the letter and all were hard, heavy and not edible. HELP. I have no clue what to do. My old “cheap” machine was never this irritating.

I recently purchased a Sunbeam Bread machine after years of owning a Hibachi (the Hibachi gasket crumbled and I could not find replacements). My problem with the Sunbeam is that my bread dries out within two days and the texture is very corse. I have tried different recipes within the instruction booklet as well as the recipe I used in the Hibachi. My question, is there any type of preservative that I can add or do you have any suggestions as to what else could be the problem. My old Hibachi recipe was perfect in texture every time and was still good enough for sandwiches after three days.

I am getting good tasting loaves, but they are very hard to slice. They are to spongy and don’t hold shape while I cut. Any help? I’m just starting…

I’ve had a bread machine for a few years now. Have had two different brand machines. The loaves turn out great, regarless of the recipe I use. The problem I have is this – on the second day the bread seems dry & not as moist as it was the day it was baked. Can anyone advise me. Thank you.

I got a 2nd hand Welbilt ABM-100-3 it kneads the dough but will not advance past the kneading cycle to the rise cycle it just sits there! can it be advanced manually

I have a Black & decker machine which I have loved. But…. the paddle paint has flaked off leaving the bare metal. What can I use to repaint the paddle and replacement part is no longer available????

Firstly, I think this is a great website! My question is what do you do to compensate for things like altitude and weather when you are using a bread maker?

I have a Breadman Ultimate and I am trying to use the gluten free receipy that came with the instruction book. The problem is that I have a large air bubble in the center. What am I doing wrong? I live in Florida, could the humidity have anything to do with this?

We have a bread machine that has worked just fine in days past, but today the bread maker comes on, but the blades will not turn. The brand is a magic chef.
Could the ingredients be too thick (though it has done thick before)?

i have a Oster bread machine it is about 10 years old its the one that has the 58 minute cycle for bread i have used it for a very long time but just recently when my bread is done the top is not baked with the loaf it separates from the rest of the loaf. the bread comes out perfect except for that. this has just started i have baked bread in this machine for a very long time and have changed nothing with the ingredients or measurements so i cant figure this out
ANY HELP ANYONE ???? i would greatly appreciate any suggestions
thank you
Sharon

I am very new at bread machines, I usually do all the work myself when I make bread. So I just got a bread machine and I am having huge problems. My loafs come out with flat tops and appear overbaked. The last one I tried using the basic recipe from this website turned out the same, I even stopped backing 8 minutes early because it smelled like it was burning. What am I doing wrong, my ingredients are all fresh, could it be high altitude? How do I adjust for that?

Any help or advice would be great.

Patti,

You may need to add more flour or water to the dough to get the consistency right. Look at http://www.breadmachinedigest.com/beginners/your-first-loaf.php and read the part under “dough consistency”.

Good spelt bread machine recipe here –

http://www.bacheldremill.co.uk/flourrecipes.htm

@ Orance Plamodon- I had the same problem, and I put shortening on the blade itself and it made the blade stay in the bread until you have to take it out. It’s a bit difficult to take out, but I just wrestle it out a bit with tongs (it’s HOT) and it comes out. 🙂

Hope that helps!

For bread that stays fresh longer, store your cooled loaves in brown paper bags. Fold the end of the bag over and place within a plastic bag. The bread will keep for several days on your kitchen counter and can be stored in the freezer this way as well. I don’t know why this works so well, but it does!

I purchased a Wolfgang Puck bread and desert machine and I have tried twice to make white bread……I am soo disappointed.:( It does not go into a bread dough ball and then when it bakes, it does not rise and even look like a loaf of bread. What could be wrong?? Please help. I paid a very hefty price for this machine and it doesn’t work.

I need to know how warm my kitchen neeeds to be for my bread to rise. All of mt loaves are not as tall as they should be. Does the room need to be a certain temp.? Can anyone answer this for me, please.

Well, I just got a bread machine. Oster. Didn’t want to spend an arm and a leg. Had thumb rebuilt and can’t do hand stuff much now. Anyhow, wanted to skip using special ingredients like bread maker flour and made my bread 1st time today and followed the 2lb recipe and the bread is on the glass. tried to raise the lid while baking at first. but went back down. now, cooking time is up and it’s a mess. big, and i’m not certain it’s edible! what?

Sorry Trudy, I can relate, I’ve tossed as many loaves as I’ve kept. Anyhow my question is this, I have a ABM6000, according to the manual the dough blade comes off. I can’t get it off! Does anybody know how.
Thanks, James

Most problems with getting a well shaped loaf are due to not making high altitude adjustments; not having water at right temp, and not using correct measurements and fresh yeast. Never open the lid while the baking process is happening.

If blade sticks after baking run hot water into empty bread abasket and allow to sit for a few minutes; should be easy to remove then.

does anyone know why my oster lights start flashing and screen displays PAN and wont start when started.

Thank You a very good chart to go by. I have a new Westbend bread machine and having trouble with the all purpose flour I have used many times in the past.

Kritter

Hi, My bread machine was unplugged with about 20 left into the bake cycle. How do I get it to go back into the bake cycle without starting the machine again. I have plugged it back in and the display light is blank

I have a Cooks Essentials CEBR11

I really just need to know whether solids or liquids go in first and what the max amount of flour you can use if you want to make bread or if you want to make dough.

I have followed all the high altitude tips and finally at 7500 feet elevation, I got a perfect loaf. I removed the paddles just before the rise because in previous loaves, they made it almost impossible to get the bread out of the machine. HOWEVER, I had to MAUL my perfect loaf to get it to release from just the 2 pins (that hold the paddles.) ANY SUGGESTIONS? It is very annoying to have a perfect loaf which gets torn apart when i’m trying to get it out of the pan. HELP!

Solved my mangled loaf problem.
1. Used all the high altitude rules: less fluid; less yeast; more salt.

2. As the RISE begins, I remove the dough; take out the paddles, wipe the “pins”.

3. Spray the pins and the bottom and up the sides about an inch with PAM FOR BAKING.

4. Put dough back in and push down evenly and let dough rise and bake.

5. Loaf has a perfect shape; drops right out with only 2 little holes in the bottom .
6. Hope this helps someone else.

MY ZOJIRUSHI MODEL BBCC-V20 DURING THE STIR DOWN CYCLES WILL MIX SO RAPIDLY THAT THE PAN LIFTS OFF THE ROTATING SHAFTS AND HAS TO BE RESEATED. THE PAN IS FIRMLY SEATED WHEN THE UNIT IS STARTED USING THE BASIC CYCLE TO MAKE RYE BREAD.THIS UNSEATING MAY OCCUR SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE STIR DOWN CYCLE—ANY CLUES TO STOP THE UNSEATING?

We have the new Zoirushi Bread Machine: BBCC-X20, and are having trouble making anything other than the basic white bread recipe. We followed the recipe for the rye bread, and chocolate bread (to try something really different) to a T, and they both came out all crumbly on the top and mishapen. The bread actually tasted fine, but looked really weird, and a lot was lost because about 1/3 of it was in “crumbs” or small globs and fell away. We used fresh ingredients, yeast we just bought, and warm, not hot, water. This sounds similar to the issue Cindy and Ben wrote about. Could there be something wrong with the machine?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

OOPS! I made a mistake in the kind of machine we have. We have the new BB0CEC20–sorry about that.

Hi,
I havebeen using a breadmaker for many years and make beautiful bread but one thing is happening that I don’t like. When I remaove the loaf it clings to the kneading paddle and tears out quite a bit of the loaf. Do you have any solutions, please?
Jay

@Jay, There are two tricks for that. 1. Coat the paddle with oil or spray with a nonstick cooking spray such as Pam before adding the ingredients. 2. Remove the paddle before the baking cycle.
I use a pair of needle-nose pliers to remove the paddle when it sticks. If you remember the shape of your paddle and twist the pliers while pulling out, it causes minimal tearout.

I have been useing my breadmachine for months. Made cinnamon rasin bread yesterday. It didn`t shapeup right and when done, wasn`t done in the middle. Thought I goffed used a new recipe. Today I used my tried and true recipe and had the same results. Did everything as I always do. Can anyone help me as to what is wrong.
Thank You

Maybe there’s a problem with machine.

I have owned several different bread machines and everyone of them have said not to mix the yeast with the wet ingredients, then I spoke to a friend of mine who was a baker. She said we were taught to mix the yeast with the water when we made bread the old fashioned way (without a bread machine). I always do it this way now and get beautiful 100% WW bread every time. So why do all the instruction books tell us different?

I got a Welbilt model ABM6200 bread machine and the first loaf I made successfully and the two loaves since then did not mix well or rise. They are just all the ingredients crumbled together. I have fresh yeast and use bread flour. I can’t figure out what is wrong. Can anyone help me? Thanks so much!!!

Have a problem with Zojirushi BBCC-X20 model. Bread is rising so high that it blocks the vents in lid and fills the window, causing the top to not bake. Have adjusted dry yeast but same problem. Could liquid milk cause the bread to rise too much? Any other suggestions?

I have a BBCC-X20 around 3 to 4 years old. All of a sudden it will not heat. Not even pre-heat. Please tell me where I can get it fixed withing the Phoenix, AZ area.
Thank you,
Evan Hamblin
2104 Squire Ave. N.
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 994-3901

I have a Welbilt 6200 Bakers Select Bread Machine. The paddle is losing it’s coating. I tried to find a repacement paddle, but no luck.
What should I do?

I recently purchased a used (used twice, so they said) Zojirushi BB-CEC20 bread machine from an Amazon.com seller based on all the rave reviews. My son was recently diagnosed as allergic to wheat (interestingly, not to gluten, though), so I bought this machine *specifically* because of its gluten-free bread reviews.

I have made 3 loaves of bread in this machine–even one using regular bread flour, just for comparison–and all three fail to rise well and don’t brown very well on the top, either (I used “medium” on the crust cycle). I am getting very frustrated as this was an expensive machine and I had high hopes for it. I’m about ready to throw it out the window, to be honest. I’ve used bread machines in the past (many years ago) and didn’t go through this much aggravation!

I’ve also noticed that the machine “clicks” a lot during the baking cycle. Is this normal?

I’m wondering whether I got a defective machine. Everyone writes about how wonderful this thing is, but my experience has been rather underwhelming at best; downright exasperating and maddening at worst.

Anyone else have problems with this particular machine? I’d love to hear how you remedied them. Thanks!

I can think of two things that may be affecting your bread:
1: Your machine is failing. Since your bread flour trial didn’t work I think this is most likely. To be sure it’s the machine and not the recipe or your ingredients I’d make a loaf the traditional way and bake it in the oven.
or 2: Are you using a normal recipe and substituting non-gluten flour for regular flour? Gluten free loaves require other ingredients to make them rise correctly and act like bread (because that’s what the gluten does) so if you aren’t using one already try going to some of the gluten free websites out there and trying what they suggest. If your recipe doesn’t include things like xanthum gums, starches, and tapioca or sorghum flours it’s probably not a very good recipe.
Best of luck with your bread issue!

@ Frances (from way back in 2008) I have been having the same issue with my Zojirushi BBCC-V20. I think the gray gunk is lubricant for the axles in the bread pan. For a long while I’ve been tightening the loosened wing nut on the bottom which minimized the leakage, but now, intermittently, the one paddle won’t turn.

Has anyone else had this type of problem on any bread machine? Do you know of a simple fix or lube job I can attempt before I have to buckle and buy a new ~$50 bread pan? On a related note, anyone know of a good, reliable parts website?

I just started grinding my own flour. I use white wheat…I use a breadmaker, however when using the fresh ground flour and the same recipe I have always used, the bread did not rise. Do I need to add something…more yeast? Please Help!!!! I have 90 pounds of white hard wheat to use.

I have a brand new Zojirushi Bread machine. Last week I called them and they told me to press and hold the time and cycle buttons to turn it off. Now I am making bread and no one told me how to turn the preheat back on. Help.

Diana, instruction manual says press and hold time and cycle buttons together for 3 seconds until “preheat off” disappears from display.

I read so many people having rising, baking and like problems. I am an Organic Chemist by Education–I am so disappointed in the recipes offered both here and in most bread manuals, as they measure with Cups and Tablespoons. This is completely archaic and a waste of ingredients–Why because everyone measures differently. Bread is a very exact scientific experiment that offers more replicable results when…ready for it==you use a Scale!!! How do you figure out the amounts? This website will convert most bread ingredients that you might use–just like I like to use Raw Sugar in my bread and it weighs differently than cane sugar. King Arthur’s Flour is measured for 1-Cup at 128-grams–which is much less than what I load a cup at.

I have the BB-CEC20 bread machine. The loaf is uneven. What am I doing wrong?

I have a ‘Zo’ BBCC-X20 that I’ve had since 2004. Love it as I did the previous (but Different ‘Zo’ model). This ‘Zo’ however bakes a much darker crust than the previous. Even the “LIGHT” setting is too dark for me. Is there anyway to lower the thermostat myself? and would that help ?

I am having a horrible time with my “Zo” BBCC-X20 I have had since 2008. I used it rarely until recently and started by making the chocolate cake recipe in the manual. It turned out great. Then I made a regular loaf of bread with King Arthur Flour and older ingredients. It did not turn out well so I ordered all fresh ingredients….everything! Now it is worse!!! When the knead process is finished it looks like a pile of “dog doodoo” and is unevenly distributed in the machine. There is absolutely no look of a nicely shaped loaf. It is such a mess it fails to rise the full amount evenly. I adjust for high altitude but I am ready to throw the whole thing away. Any ideas from anyone? Why it would start to make this so uneven?

I have had a bread machine for years but since moving to a high altitude area I have had short dense loaves. My book says that high altitude causes the bread to rise too much but with me that is not the case. I have had my bread flour and yeast for some time. The yeast is in a screw top jar but the flour I take out of a 35lb bag. I have tried reducing the amount of flour wihich goes in a 2lb loaf but without results. My 1 lb dough from which I make pizza is very successful after it has been in the fridge for 36 hours. would this work for a loaf? Is the problem with the flour and do I need to get it into an airtight container the next time I buy it?

Patricia,

I would check to see if your yeast is still good.

If you don’t know if you yeast is good or not, place 1 tsp. of yeast in a glass bowl with 1/2 cup of warm water and 1 tsp. white sugar. Mix well and allow to site for 15 minutes. If the yeast is good it will bubble and become foaming. If it doesn’t replace your yeast it is dead.

I always store my yeast in the freezer in a sealed container, that seems to keep it good the longest for me.

For those at high altitude, I have found, adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice works wonders for getting my bread to rise properly.

I have a West Bend Baker’s Choice Plus II machine with a horizontal loaf pan. My challenge is getting a smooth crust on the top. Every loaf I have made has a gnarly, uneven top. Any tips to create a smooth top crust?

Can someone help me?! My bread machine has some sort of issue that I need help resolving. It mixes everything just fine, but it does not rise. I know it’s not the yeast because the first time that what I thought, I have tried making bread and changing the yeast probably 10 times now…no such luck. After it mixes it just begins to bake and I’m left with this tiny little ball (size of a dinner roll) that is completely inedible! Help please!

I have a Bakers select model #ABM6200 that I purchased 13 years ago. It still makes great bread but the only thing that I dont have with it is a gluten free recipe. Can anyone reccomend or tell me where i can get a recipe? Thanks

Desperate for advice please- I have a Prima ABM6 that I purchased second hand- it was still packaged and unused- I excitedly set about baking my 1st loaf- all the programmes work- the machine gets warm and the bread rises, but the machine does not Cook, I have to remove the dough and cook in a conventional oven. I have removed the element and a local electrician tested it- telling me there was nothing wrong with it- please can anyone advise what the problem could be, as Prima have ceased trading. I understand that all Breadmakers use the same or very similar componants please can anyone help me? Thanks in anticipation

Using my bread machine for the first time, quite a lot of the flour wasn’t mixed in and came out as tried floury lumps on the outside of the bread, I followed the instructions which didn’t mention mixing the ingredients first, but emphasised that the yeast should not be in contact with the yeast.

My bread rises and bakes fine, just all around the top, the loaf cracks, and the very top of each slice falls away. Any ideas please?

An idea to prevent your loaf ‘blowing its top’: shorten the proving time;

Regardless of the recipe, use ‘basic’ instead of wholewheat, -or ‘Rye’ instead of ‘basic’

I found a hitachi bread machine at a garage sale. Excitedly I brought it home and baked two loaves. The first loaf was perfect, the second was small, then the third was also perfect, but the fourth loaf didn’t mix together and knead into a ball. Now the machine doesn’t mix the dough anymore so I have to reach in the machine with a spatula to mix it and it will knead it from there and the bread turns out okay. Why does this happen and is there a fix for it? I can’t find the answer in the literature that came with it. Supposedly it had never been used before we bought it.

@Ben from 2011… we’ve had the same issue with a Kenmore machine… worked great for a number of years of intermittent use, but the last few loaves had what appeared to be machine oil (black) in them, around the hole where the paddle was. Ick. Would love to hear if anyone has solved this problem without buying a new machine.

My bread is baking more on the left side than the right. I have

Flours are different and if u measure by weight you can get the ingredients easily out of proportion if u don’t use the same kind of flour as in the recipe. Flours are also different in every country so not all recipies just work without adjustments. I always check the dough during the kneading cycle that the dough isn’t too dry and hard. It needs to feel a little moist and a little soft on the surface.

The machines are quite a lot the same but some seem to require ingredients in a room temperature, some cold and some lukewarm. Also if hard fats are used, such as margarine, i always get better results by letting it go soft for about half an hour than in a runny form.

Now i have my second machine and all i can say that it’s all about the ingredients and how accurately they are measured and in what temperature. I also get better results by using fresh yeast instead of dry.

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Would love to hear if anyone has solved this problem without buying a new machine.

When my first machine broke, I admit I just went around looking for another at garage sales. I find a lot of people buy these, use them once or twice, and then quit using them altogether. Ironically its too much “work” for some people to buy all the ingredients and use their machine than to just buy a loaf of bread. If you do a little looking, it most likely will not be long before you find one. I have seen a lot of machines in good shape for 10.00 (got a really nice juicer this way for 5.00!).

I have a great gluten free suggestion. It is Bob’s Red Mill gluten free bread mix. I get it at Kroger, Meijer or a health food store. You add eggs, milk and the yeast even comes in the bag. I have made several loaves since getting my new bread machine…they come out great. It does come out with flat, knarly tops, but great flavor. The crust is perfect. I have not tried to get the paddles out before baking but I might the next time. I even added sunflower seeds and some sliced almonds to it. YUM!

PS Its a West Bend high riser from Amazon.

What about bread holes on the bottom. Its as though the bread on the bottom is ropey and being mixed and cooked at the same time. It makes the bread look ugly. I know this never cooked like this before. it looks like the pictures posted by salad in a jar.

why is this happening? Do I need a new bread machine or is this fixable?

Room temperature will not feel warm to the touch; it will feel slightly cool. Your body is 98.6 degrees, and the room is significantly cooler than that.

I used my bread machine often with great success! Then I moved here (same duty) and now my bread does beautiful until it jits the bake cycle then in sinks down and is only good for a door stop! I have tried and wasted many times and my last thought is could it possibly be my granite counter tops??? Does it effect the heat cycle? Please let me know! I miss my bread!

Not a reply – a Question. My problem is fracturing of the crust of an otherwise wellbaked(Sunbeam)loaf. It starts happening late in baking mode. I don’t see a solution amongst all the Tips.

My bread machine manual recipes say to enter ingredients into machine in the excact order as listed. Which tells you to make an indentation in the flower after it is put in machine and then pour the yeast into this indentation. And that is the last thing added to machine….you just close lid and let it do its thing. As for the paddle being cooked into loaf and problem getting out….seems to be universal, sometimes not as difficult a chore as other times. And as for hard to get bread out of machine….I have started spraying insides including paddle with Pam. And the bread drying out after first day is normal…no preservatives!!! Just enjoy that first day!!! After that…use for salad croutons, or to dunk in soup!! lol Dying to try raison cinnamon bread…havent tried yet. Also afraid to stop machine and remove dough and make rolls….never know when. I forget name…I think it is somehting called Breadman….haven’t used in a while.

PS!! Sorry forgot to spell check!!!! Also…forgot to say my yeast is a dry yeast…not wet after soaking in water like some have talked about.

I bought new machine, used box bread mix, machine beeped in about 15 min and shut off, had to dump out and clean, did second box bread mix, baked, but top never rose right caved in–that’s over $8 shot, and all day. Cannot find receipt, is new. My old Panasonic was 10 yrs old when quit, was perfect.

Have just started to use my Panasonic bread machine SD-BT55P) after a year
and find that the dough is very wet and also that the machine will not go into the bake cycle. Help!!

A lot of problems can easily be overcome by just adding two teaspoons of lemon juice to the ingredients.
Keep the quantities as recommended – such an easy solution.

NOT A REPLY!! I’m hoping you can tell me what I’ve done wrong. I have a Zojirushi bread machine. It makes a one pound loaf. I made the Italian bread recipe from Donna German’s The Bread Machine Cookbook and it came out like a large biscuit. The yeast was fresh. The flour was about 10 months old but I keep it in the refrigerator. This is my second bread machine. I purchased my first in the early 1990’s but the loaf was too large for two people so I gave it to a friend and purchased this one. I love the machine but I’m not sure now which recipes will work with it. Thank-you.

Love the machine SD-YD250 but lately the paddle won’t stay in machine but ends up in bottom of loaf and loaf is funky and heavy. Could having the paddle come off into the bread have anything to do with funky bread. Thanks

One of the 2 paddles in my pan of my Charlescraft Breadmaker wll not rotate. What can I do to get it to rotate. Thank you

Please help! I have a Russell Hobbs bakers delight model RHBM 1500 bread machine. The whole wheat + white flour bread baked on the whole wheat cycle keeps on collapsing in the middle. It rises beautifully & then just suddenly collapses when the baking begins.
Any ideas?

my bread came out grey is it safe to eat

Please, does anyone have a picture of or a user guide for the Prima Home Bakery model ABM12 bread maker? If so, email me asap at judithlong2958@gmail.com

My bread machine has a way of making loaves of bread that wouldn’t rise. I didn’t used to have this problem before. Is this a sign that I need to have my bread machine repaired? I always make sure that the yeast isn’t too old, measure all of my ingredients properly, and time my bread machine perfectly. It’s very important for me to find out what’s causing my bread machine to fail to make my loaves rise as soon as possible. I’m teaching a cooking class next week about how to make bread and I need a couple of example loaves for the class to sample.
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I have a problem. It seems that dough is leaking from the loaf pan and settles around the thingy that holds the blade in place yet when I put water in the said pan no leaks??? It doesn’t affect any operations but it cooks and I have to soak the bottom of the pan to take it off. The washer under the blade seems fine, if it wasn’t wouldn’t water leak out?

We have hitachi bread maker and been getting along great with it but last 2 loaves have not mixed right flour still on bottom. Any ideas?