Knowing Your Breadmaker’s Loaf Capacity:
Knowing your breadmaker’s loaf capacity will enable you to find recipes of
any variety on the Internet for free.
It will also keep you from adding too much ingredients which could cause
dough to over-rise and spill onto the heating element.
Remove the bread pan from your breadmaker.
Using a one-cup/8 fluid oz/250ml liquid measure, fill the bread pan with
water.
As you do, count the number of cups it takes to fill the bread pan to the
very rim.
Generally speaking…
If your bread pan holds 7 & 10 cups to the rim then you have a 1.0 lb or 500 g
loaf pan
10 & 11 cups to fill = 1.5 lb (700 g) loaf pan
11 & 13 cups to fill = 2.0 lb (900 g) loaf pan
13 & 15 cups to fill = 2.5 lb (1250 g) loaf pan
15 & 17 cups to fill = 3.0 lb (1350 g) loaf pan
Generally speaking…
A bread recipe for use in a 1.0 lb (500 g) breadmaker should never exceed 2-
1/4 total cups of flour.
1.5 lb (700g) = 3-1/4 cups
2.0 lb (900g) = 4-1/4 cups
2.5 lb (1250g) = 5-1/4 cups
3.0 lb (1300g) = 6-1/4 cups
Warning:
When testing a new bread recipe it is always best that you not leave
your breadmaker unattended. Stay close by to monitor its progress from time
to time.