Comments on: Your First Loaf

By: maria

maria — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:28:48 +0000

I have an old Breadman - i want to make loaves of french bread -baguettes , by having the machine do the mixing & rising . When do I take the dough out?

By: SandyR

SandyR — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:59:51 +0000

Instead of water use milk — same amounts. Then you don’t have to use dry milk. As far as the sinking in the middle on so many machines, I believe it is because the baking in the machine causes too much moisture and not a dry heat as it rises. I just pull my dough out and bake it in regular pans. Much easier. I really use the machine as my automatic mixer. Put all the liquid in first, then the butter/margarine/or olive oil, then the flour, sugar, salt and yeast. Let it do its thing to the DOUGH cycle. (4 cups of flour makes two 1 pound loaves.) Wonderful.

By: Mrs. D.

Mrs. D. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:34:24 +0000

I just recieved a Black&Decker B2500C and notice it calls for dry milk powder. How or what can I subsitute for dry milk. How much liquid milk would you use? Or can you?
Thankyou
Mrs.D

By: Mrs Jayashree Banerjee

Mrs Jayashree Banerjee — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:32:07 +0000

I have a Moulinex bread machine . The first few times it was allright but now everytime I tried to bake the top sinks. Why is it happening?

By: summeroflove

summer*of*love — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:33 +0000

Never posted here before and don’t know if ‘Maryann Ossen’ or ‘Louise’ ever got an answer to why their bread sunk in the middle, so here’s my two cent’s worth …

The bread sinks in the top when there’s too much liquid added. Just adjust it or add a few extra tbsps of flour.

HTH !!!

By: Adele

Adele — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:14:39 +0000

I followed the instructions- last night I purchased a Cuisinart bread maker. This process worked great for my first loaf. I think it’s best to start with a basic test such as this, get a feel for it before getting too creative. Now that I know my breadmaker behaves well I’m ready to tackle something more elaborate! Thanks for posting all of this information. It’s great.

By: Keely

Keely — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:14:24 +0000

My bread maker’s manual says to use yeast specific to bread machines. Is it just a fast acting yeast that I need??

By: Fernand

Fernand — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:26:19 +0000

I don´t have dry milk. Hard to find here. What can I do ?

By: Galina

Galina — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:27:11 +0000

Dave, I recommend Moulinex OW 5003 Baguette

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:04:10 +0000

My fiance wants a bread machine that makes an oblong loaf, not rectangular or round. What machines or companies make such a machine? The web sites for the major stores do not have enough information to know what shape a loaf is, and the stores do not carry most models. Any help is appreciated. Thank you. Dave