Club Breadmakers

[pojo]

Yappy:

Thanks for the info, pojo!

I should put in the milk/water in baking pan, start the machine, add flour slowly to stir, then honey, then salt.. Add dry yeast at last step! The machine take 3hrs to finish the whole process..
Is this normal?

Hi Yappy

Looks like you are not using the timer and making the bread straight away. Just to check, what is the flour you are using? michyms recipe seems sound. Maybe try with just all breadflour.

[Yappy]

Am using the normal bread flour from ntuc…

[pojo]

Try using michyms recipe and see how it turns out.

[Yappy]

Tried last nite using michyms’s recepi & put the ingredients as told… Turn out not so dense but still not Soft and fluffy like normal bread leh… Anyone can advise me where went wrong?

[pojo]

Hi Yappy


The recipe I am using is basically the same as michyms’ except that instead of honey, I put in 2 tbsp of white sugar. In addition, I add a small slice of butter and a pinch of cinnamon. This gives the great smell of freshly baked bread in the morning all worth the effort.

I think you can try substituting the 2 tbsp of honey with sugar. Then you can vary the amount of sugar as this has an effect on how much the bread will rise.

I assume you made the bread straight away after putting in all the ingredients instead of setting the timer for >3+ hours.

Don’t be discouraged. Give it another go.

[pixiedust]

Yappy:

Thanks for the info, pojo!

I should put in the milk/water in baking pan, start the machine, add flour slowly to stir, then honey, then salt.. Add dry yeast at last step! The machine take 3hrs to finish the whole process..
Is this normal?

Yappy, I have not used the Severin but another brand bread machine.
My machine also requires similar order of adding the ingredients.

From your description, it seems the bread did not rise properly.
3hr+ from start to end is about right because there is at least 1hr+ proofing time. Peek at what the machine is doing and observe the state of the dough/bread, and let us know. It should go like this :
(1) mix and knead
(2) first rise
(3) punch down
(4) second rise
(5) baking <-- this is usually the last 30 minutes

You mentioned '...then salt.. Add dry yeast at last step..'. Did you dump the yeast ON TOP of the salt ? Salt will inhibit rising. When you add the salt, put in it one corner of the bread pan, when you add the yeast, put it in the opposite corner.

Don't give up..........try again ! Let us know, ya ?

[Village Girl]

Has anyone tried the 100% wholewheat bread from the recipe given by Z machine? My girl tried it yesterday and it didnt rise till the top, it was so hard and flaky. Not sure what went wrong.

[pojo]

Hi Village Girl


Try adding more sugar. For example, if the recipe calls for 2 tbsp, try 2.5 tbsp. Sugar is more effective in getting the bread to rise than yeast.

[Yappy]

Hi, michyms/pojo/pixiedust


I’ve being trying michyms’s recepi to test 3x… 1st 2x ready cunt made it…
I replaced the honey with sugar like what pojo told me…I made the bread straight away after putting in all the ingredients (in the right order; yeast at last step) and let the machine do it work… After 3-hrs, the bread turned out looks nice… the top was much softer now, but bottom still a little dense (30%)… ='(

Any Severin bread machine user here?

[pojo]

Hi Yappy


Good to hear that there is some progress. At least the bread that turns out look nice. I believe the Severin bread machine has something like 11 or 12 settings for different kinds of bread, wholemeal bread, cakes and doughs for buns or pizza. Check the setting and make sure its set at normal bread. Should be 3 hours or so.

Also the baking pan comes with a metal attachment. This attachment could be removed for washing and is shaped like a ear. You need to put in the attachment into the baking tin before you add any ingredients. When the machine starts, the attachment turns to mix the dough. Just a wild guess but is the attachment in the baking pan before you add any ingredients?

Sorry if you feel I asked a stupid question.