Club Breadmakers

[jtoh]

Great that your machine is baking, happy mama. You too gan chiong.

[Happy Mama]

jtoh:

Great that your machine is baking, happy mama. You too gan chiong.

Machine now left with 7 minutes, but bread is not fully baked. What should I do?

[corneyAmber]

Happy Mama:

jtoh:

Great that your machine is baking, happy mama. You too gan chiong.

Machine now left with 7 minutes, but bread is not fully baked. What should I do?

7mins can still bake it.
After baking, don't take out immediately from the pan if you want a crusty skin.

Also, in the manual, the very first page of each recipe, there is a timeline chart. This is to help you determine which stage the breadmaker is in and not cause panic.

[Happy Mama]

ksi:

Happy Mama:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]Great that your machine is baking, happy mama. You too gan chiong.

Machine now left with 7 minutes, but bread is not fully baked. What should I do?

7mins can still bake it.
After baking, don't take out immediately from the pan if you want a crusty skin.

Also, in the manual, the very first page of each recipe, there is a timeline chart. This is to help you determine which stage the breadmaker is in and not cause panic.[/quote]Ok thanks ksi. I'll go read the manual on the timeline.

[Happy Mama]

LKVM:

Happy Mama:

BUT... this morning around 7.30 am I baked another loaf. I was so sleepy I put in all ingredients without checking my blade until when I put in raisins then I realised there was something wrong with blade. My maid just put in blade without securing it! :!: So I manually adjusted it and it started kneading for a few minutes.


Now my whole machine seems to have gone dead for the past 1 hr 45 mins. No sound, no thermostat sound etc. :stupid: :stupid:

oh no... is the machine still not working?

Thank goodness it is working now :celebrate:

[jtoh]

ksi:

Happy Mama:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]Great that your machine is baking, happy mama. You too gan chiong.

Machine now left with 7 minutes, but bread is not fully baked. What should I do?

7mins can still bake it.
After baking, don't take out immediately from the pan if you want a crusty skin.

Also, in the manual, the very first page of each recipe, there is a timeline chart. This is to help you determine which stage the breadmaker is in and not cause panic.[/quote]Yep. Also, you could try popping it into your oven to see if it completes the baking. Although I doubt it.

[corneyAmber]

LKVM:

ksi:

Happy mama....your raisin bread looks yummy....nevermind about where the raisins land....as LKVM said before as long as tasty and yummy, everything lands in the stomach in a mess... :lol:


Btw, what raisin brand you use? I use the sun-maid raisins. I never take care how I pour in but I pour in within 30 seconds after I hear the beep. However, I do remember a trick my mother used when I was young...I saw her putting some flour on the raisins before putting onto her desired dough.

I did a google, it says putting some flour(some only ok and use bread flour...otherwise may affect the bread)on the raisins, this will prevent the raisins from sinking down to the bottom only, so it can spread itself around the dough.

C another expert talk

She is the one and only here, that's why! :love:

[peterch]

jtoh:

peterch:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]Just read my Z manual. It says yeast should be kept in the freezer or fridge. I will test out my yeast again and let you know the outcome. Wish me luck!

If u r using instant yeast, u do not need to put in freezer or fridge. Unless it is fresh yeast. If u bought the instant yeast for quite sometime or its near to expired date, please add about 10-20% of recipe quote.

Oh ok. But the manual says active dry yeast should be placed in fridge. Active dry yeast is instant right?[/quote]Hi,

Active dry yeast is different from instant yeast. FYI, most bakeries use instant yeast nowadays as it is simpler and more stable to use.

[b2b3m4]

ksi:

One loaf I cut 9-10 pieces but the size is not equal, smaller on the sides of course. Is that enough for your family? You may hv to quick bake 2 loaves if your family consume bread big time.

BAke 2 loaves like so ley chey leh..... if can get 10 pieces, that will be just nice. Hmmm... shld i go GAB today?

[peterch]

Happy Mama:

My raisin bread. Can someone please tell me how to achieve an even distribution of raisins in the loaf? Mine seems a little unbalanced



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This actually could be helped by balancing the water content of the dough. Or the time used to soak the raisin.

Please note that making raisin bread really need to calculate the water in the dough or the time we used to soak the raisin (more time more water absorbed by the raisins)

As raisins tend to absorb more water and cause the bread to dry sooner, this happens at pre bake state (dough) and post bake state (bread)