A good housewife sooner or later thinks that homemade bread is much better than store bread. Along with these thoughts, there is a desire to purchase a bread machine. I must say that today this gadget is definitely in trend. Why is that? Because it is convenient, tasty and interesting! But sometimes difficulties arise. For example, why didn’t bread rise in the bread maker? Whose fault is this: the mistress or the kitchen appliance? Let's try to understand the problem.
In your house and the walls will help
The principle from the old proverb is quite suitable for interpreting the situation with the bread maker. Shop bread will seem like a cracker without taste and smell, if you compare it with homemade bun. But bread is a universal product that, to one degree or another, is loved by almost all people. Few people can resist the aromas of fresh pastries, so there is still a line for warm loaves. By the way, this is an excellent marketing move - to make a mini-bakery at the store. Buyers will walk along the mall, sniff at buns and muffins. Almost one hundred percent chance that in the end they will get a couple of products with a crisp. Therefore, it is good to have a bread machine at home, with which you can please home-made cakes when such a desire arises. Making bread in a bread machine is amazingly easy, so a young housewife will not need virtuoso culinary knowledge in cooking. It is enough to study the instructions and choose a couple of recipes.
Rationality of the solution
Do not worry about the gadget running out of space. The shape of the bread maker is comparable to a microwave and fits comfortably in any kitchen. Technically, the stove does not require any physical effort from the owner and does an excellent job of making a bun. From the chef only required to control the process and accurately bring to life the recipe for delicious bread in the bread maker.
There is no limit to the huge assortment of bread. Therefore, you can equally well bake a rich bun with raisins or cinnamon or limit yourself to oatmeal bread, so suitable for dieters. In fact, with the help of a bread machine you can travel around the world, meeting the dawn with a French baguette, and in the evening eating an Italian tortilla.
More expensive models of bread machines are designed for baking bread with additives of seeds, berries, fruits and seasonings. By the way, bread with paprika can completely replace an independent dish for a Russian person, because of the bright taste.
Cause of disappointment
Of course, it’s very disappointing to find that the bread falls in the bread maker. Why is this so? What is the mistress doing wrong? Maybe the whole point is that a person has a "heavy hand"? By the way, this is often explained by inexperienced cooks. But in fact, the essence of the slip in a frivolous attitude and in a hurry.
It turns out that the recipe for delicious bread in a bread maker is far from the whole secret of success. Much also depends on the cook. Including his mood, which the dough sometimes just "feels." If the bread does not come out lush, then it may be all about the quality of the yeast or their immediate presence. Check does not interfere with their expiration date. Next, you need to check the sugar, which, by the way, activates the action of yeast. The proportion is also important - a teaspoon of sugar will accelerate the action, and bust, on the contrary, will slow it down. By logic and salt should not be much. And you can’t mix the latter with yeast, since the yeast will not raise the dough.
It's all about mode
Here is the hostess in the kitchen and thinking, why didn’t the bread rise in the bread machine? If it's not about the ingredients, then what should I think? It is worth checking the settings of the gadget. The dough may well remain flattened if a different mode was turned on. Baking in a bread machine is a time-consuming process, so you can not wait for lush bread in 5 minutes. Beginners in cooking often confuse the modes. And the truth is, after all, a bread maker can bake a pie, as well as a simple crumpet or a curd cake, since how can all these processes fit into one mode?
While setting up the stove, check the quality of the selected flour, as well as its compliance with the recipe. Remember that without sifting, flour rises more difficult, and bran flour does not indulge in splendor at all. But flour with gluten gives a literally spherical effect.
Another possible factor is lack of water. After all, the dough should be elastic, and if it is dry, then the output will be a stale bun.
What if the bust?
It also happens that the bread is too lush. In general, this is not so offensive, but still not the way it should be. What could be the reason? Firstly, you can let down yeast for baking bread. Secondly, sugar can still be too much, which activated the action of yeast. Thirdly, excess water can cause excessive pomp. And fourthly, the temperature in the kitchen is to blame; the higher it is, the higher the dough.
In total, the question of why the bread did not rise in the bread maker can be put on a par with the opposite (about the reason for excessive splendor) and answered so that the reason is the non-observance of the proportions of the recipe.
If the dough does not rise completely, then probably the reason is the delay in the yeast. It may also be that the yeast was "killed" by too hot ingredients.
Why did you get a raw loaf?
If you bake bread for the first time in a bread machine, simple recipes should remain a priority. Then, when the culinary man reaches his hand, he will be able to experiment and delight his home with exquisite rolls and breads. Even in the initial stages, difficulties may arise. For example, bread in appearance will be beautiful, but inside or on top - raw. This is the most common problem that occurs due to too much water or too many ingredients. In the latter case, the gadget simply can not cope with the test. By the way, a similar problem occurs when using too large additives.
Fat dough will not be baked, so mixing a lot of eggs, fat, cereals, nuts and milk is not the best choice. During cooking, the lid of the gadget should fit snugly, and the oven itself should be in a room with room temperature. Also, the cause may be too dense flour.
Problems and problems
In any case, it will be better than buying homemade bread in a bread maker. Simple recipes are focused more on the result, and not on the effectiveness of the presentation, so it is not so easy to make mistakes in their implementation. But still, some unfortunate accidents can even scare an inexperienced chef. For example, if the dough is friable, then you will not wait for a magnificent cake. And the dough on dry yeast can also be lumpy. Should I close my eyes to such moments? Of course not, if you care about your own work. Add a little liquid to the dough to achieve elasticity and shape of the ball.
If the dough sticks to your hands, then also pleasant is not enough. It is too wet. Add flour to absorb.
If the bread was kneaded, but not baked, then you just chose the "dough" mode. Now switch the mode or pull out the dough, shape it and send it to the oven.
If the bread falls off immediately after the first stage of baking, then with yeast too much, as well as with sugar or liquid. If you make a bun with cheese, then its excess can greatly affect the state of the dough.
If you make the dough in the oven, then flour may remain on the walls. When baking, it is better to remove it with a soft rubber spatula.
Let's go through the crust
What do we like most in bread? Of course, crisp! It, by the way, is given even to small children, when those teeth are cut. If the crust wrinkled and creased when baking in a bread machine, it means that moisture has accumulated on the surface of the loaf. For sandwiches, of course, it is still suitable, but here the beauty is gone.
If there is a lot of sugar in the bread, then the crust may burn. It is worth trying the light crust mode for baking.
But the pale crust is also not the ultimate dream. It can happen when little sugar is used.
Tooth-proof crust is obtained due to the abundance of solid ingredients. The reason may be the dough on dry yeast. The error can be corrected by adding vegetable or butter and milk.
Remember that the crust will be softer if you add heavy cream or replace the water with milk. To achieve the same crunch, you need to immediately transfer the bread to the wire rack after baking.
Not the most critical, but still a mistake - the air gap under the crust. She says that the dough was not mixed well or was blown away during the warming. Probably, this problem is one-time, but when you repeat the situation will save the spoon of water added to the dough.
Bread Summary
When the first experience is left behind and interest in more complex recipes is actively growing, it is worth trying bread with aromatic additives. Mistresses love to bake bread with cheese, onions and garlic. The result is tasty and juicy. This is a universal base for sandwiches. In these options, the question may also arise about why the bread did not rise in the bread maker. Answers will be slightly different from those given earlier.
First, the additives must be crushed with an interfering blade. When the stove kneads the dough and gives a signal, the additives can be filled up. Large can only be covered with nuts and dried fruits.
Secondly, the additives must (!) Be mixed with the dough, and not turn them into a "cherry on the cake."
Thirdly, fragrant bread will go down and become “holey” if there is little salt and a lot of water in the dough.
Follow the recipe and check the performance of kitchen gadgets in time, then your experiments with bread will be successful!