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RISE (3)
The dough then goes into the final rise to achieve its maximum height. Again, you may hear faint
clicking sounds during the rise as gentle heat is provided to keep the chamber warm.
BAKE
The bread is then baked for the specified time depending on the Bread Color selection made: Light,
Medium, Dark. An audible alert will sound when the bread is done and 0:00 will appear in the display.
If the bread maker is not turned off, it will automatically go into the Keep Warm mode. After the bread is
removed, deactivate program lock by holding LOCK button down for 3 seconds or until word ‘lock’
disappears from display. Then turn bread maker off by holding down the START/STOP button down for
3 seconds or until the red signal light goes out.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Following are some typical problems that can occur when making bread in your bread maker. Please review the problems,
their possible causes and the corrective action that should be taken to ensure successful bread making.
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE
CAUSE
SOLUTION
1. Top inflated,
Too much yeast.
Reduce yeast by ¼ to ½ teaspoon.
mushroom-like
in appearance
Too much sugar.
Reduce sugar by 1 teaspoon.
Too much flour.
Reduce flour by 2 to 3 tablespoons.
Substituted bread machine/
Use correct amount of bread
fast-rising
yeast
for
amount machine/fast
rising
yeast.
given
for
active
dry
yeast.
Not
enough
salt.
Use
amount
of
salt
recommended
in recipe.
Warm,
humid
weather.
Reduce
liquid
by
1
tablespoon
and
reduce
yeast
by
¼
to
½
teaspoon.
May
be
caused
from
Make
recommended
adjustment
baking in high altitude.
for high altitude baking by
reducing yeast by ¼ teaspoon
and reducing liquid by 2 to
3 teaspoons.
2. Top and sides
Too much liquid.
Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon.
cave in.
Too
much
yeast.
Use
amount
recommended
in
recipe.
3. Center of loaf is
Too much liquid.
Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon.
raw, not baked
through.
Power outage during
If power goes out during
operation. operation,
bread
maker
will
be
turned off automatically. You
will need to remove unbaked loaf
from pan and start over with fresh
ingredients.
Forgot to put knead
Always make sure knead bar
bar in pan.
is on shaft in bottom of pan
before adding ingredients.
4. Gnarly,
Not enough liquid.
Increase liquid by 1 tablespoon.
knotted top.
Too much flour.
Measure flour accurately, leveling
off measuring cup.
5. Dark crust
Dark crust setting used.
Use Light or Medium crust color
color.
setting the next time.
