Club Breadmakers

[I_belive]

Hi All,

After read 200+ pages here I bought a S machine and did make some good bread, Excuse me I do not know how to upload photo yet. Some tips here, hard earned by many failures.

1. less liquid. You can add water or milk if not enough, but it won’t bake well if too much is poured in, since it is the first thing to put in the machine, you can not take out even if it is too much.

2. if the dough does not rise well before baking function starts, let us say the yeast is not enough, you may stop the machine, let it rise, then set the machine to baking mode only later when the dough is ready.

3. Monitor the baking process. If the crust turns light brown, the bread is already ready, stop the machine, even before the machine’s counting down time stops. leave the bread in the machine for overnight if you bake in the evening, or 2 hours later in the day. Then the bread is soft and easy to cut.

4. A bread knife is necessary as already indicated by many moms here, no matter how sharp your knife is, as long as it is not mean for bread, it is not good enough. I happened to go to Diso few days ago and get a $2 bread knife there, there are 2 kinds at ViVo City, I bought the madeinJapan one, it cut good slices, even walnuts inside the bread were cut well.


So in general, manual intervention is needed sometimes. And read the bread machine manual thorughly, so you will know when the kneading, rising, or baking will starts and control manually if neccesary.

Happy baking! Thanks everyone here! Have a nice day every day!

[twinklejoy]

祝all bread kakis 新年快乐! :rahrah:

[Happy Mama]

I_belive:

Hi All,

After read 200+ pages here I bought a S machine and did make some good bread, Excuse me I do not know how to upload photo yet. Some tips here, hard earned by many failures.

1. less liquid. You can add water or milk if not enough, but it won't bake well if too much is poured in, since it is the first thing to put in the machine, you can not take out even if it is too much.

2. if the dough does not rise well before baking function starts, let us say the yeast is not enough, you may stop the machine, let it rise, then set the machine to baking mode only later when the dough is ready.

3. Monitor the baking process. If the crust turns light brown, the bread is already ready, stop the machine, even before the machine's counting down time stops. leave the bread in the machine for overnight if you bake in the evening, or 2 hours later in the day. Then the bread is soft and easy to cut.

4. A bread knife is necessary as already indicated by many moms here, no matter how sharp your knife is, as long as it is not mean for bread, it is not good enough. I happened to go to Diso few days ago and get a $2 bread knife there, there are 2 kinds at ViVo City, I bought the madeinJapan one, it cut good slices, even walnuts inside the bread were cut well.


So in general, manual intervention is needed sometimes. And read the bread machine manual thorughly, so you will know when the kneading, rising, or baking will starts and control manually if neccesary.

Happy baking! Thanks everyone here! Have a nice day every day!

Hello I_belive, :thankyou: for sharing these pointers and :welcome: to our Bread Thread. :celebrate:

[Happy Mama]

twinklejoy:

祝all bread kakis 新年快乐! :rahrah:

恭喜发财!!!!!!!!

[twinklejoy]

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advise need please!!
I baked ...apple & raisin cake over the weekends, using plain flour(I followed z recipe wor. replaced all purpose flour to plain flour bcos came to know that these 2 flour are the same so use plain flour lor)
the result was...failure!
the cake didn't rise, it was damp at the bottom and the taste was just...too weird. it tasted more like kuek then cake ..why har? :sick: ..has anyone tried baking apple & raisin cake before?
I used baking powder instead of yeast..teo bo? and fresh cut apple dices.
should I use cake flour instd of plain flour?? :?

and yesterday, I baked cheese bread, using Parmesan cheese(Thanks jtoh). It turned out quite delicious ley but hubby finds it abit salty overall..accepable bah.
I used ds's strawberry milk :siao: so the cheese bread is pinkish colour..so cute!
I will call it Strawberry Cheese bread

ta-dah..
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the crust was so cao-tah..cos I chosen DARK CRUST lor :slapshead: :slapshead:

[jtoh]

twinklejoy:

:?: :?: :?:

advise need please!!
I baked ...apple & raisin cake over the weekends, using plain flour(I followed z recipe wor. replaced all purpose flour to plain flour bcos came to know that these 2 flour are the same so use plain flour lor)
the result was...failure!
the cake didn't rise, it was damp at the bottom and the taste was just...too weird. it tasted more like kuek then cake ..why har? :sick: ..has anyone tried baking apple & raisin cake before?
I used baking powder instead of yeast..teo bo? and fresh cut apple dices.
should I use cake flour instd of plain flour?? :?

and yesterday, I baked cheese bread, using Parmesan cheese(Thanks jtoh). It turned out quite delicious ley but hubby finds it abit salty overall..accepable bah.
I used ds's strawberry milk :siao: so the cheese bread is pinkish colour..so cute!
I will call it Strawberry Cheese bread

ta-dah..
http://postimage.org/image/2wvrprylg/

the crust was so cao-tah..cos I chosen DARK CRUST lor :slapshead: :slapshead:

congrats! Strawberry milk? I would never have thought of that. Food for thought.

[jtoh]

LKVM:

jtoh:

Add vanilla beans to your cream.

wats vanilla beans :?

Vanilla bean pods. They come in brown pods. You split open the pod and scrape the little beans out into your cream. Alternatively, just add pure vanilla which comes in liquid form.

[jtoh]

Augmum:

LKVM:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]Add vanilla beans to your cream.

wats vanilla beans :?

and also how to make the butter cream sucessfully....( try to whip the cream, not successful leh)[/quote]What do you mean by not successful? As in it's not stiff enough? Use more icing sugar.

[corneyAmber]

:?: I have a loaf laden with multi-coloured flies, black ones, red ones and green ones?


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[jtoh]

Maid, your loaf looks pretty, very Christmassy. What are the red and green flies? I can't make them out. The red ones don't look like cranberries. Wild guess - maraschino cherries? But that wouldn't taste right in bread would it?