TIPS ON USING YOUR BREAD MACHINE
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Tips on Using Your
Bread Machine
• The DOUGH
setting course is great for mixing, kneading, and proofing, (allowing dough to rise),
richer doughs like croissant and brioche doughs. Use The Bakery II to prepare these doughs so all you
need to do is shape and bake them according to your recipe.
Tips on Dark Breads
Breads made with whole-grain flours, such as whole wheat, rye, or graham flour, require a bit more
tender loving care to ensure that they achieve the height of deliciousness. Notice that our whole-grain
breads may also call for substantial amounts of all purpose flour, too. That’s because the darker flours
need to be "lightened" with white flour for the best-tasting loaf.
Special Glazes for Yeast Breads
Give your just-baked bread a professional finish. Select one of the special glazes to enhance your bread.
Egg Glaze: Beat 1 egg and 1 tablespoon of water together, brush generously. Melted Butter Crust: Brush
melted butter over just baked bread for softer, tender crust. Milk Glaze: For softer shiny crust, brush just
baked bread with milk or cream. Sweet Icing Glaze: Mix 1 cup sifted powdered sugar with 1 to 2 table
spoons milk to make a consistent glaze, drizzle over raisin bread or sweet breads.
Poppy/Sesame/Caraway
Seed/Cornmeal/Oatmeal
Sprinkle your choice of these seeds generously over just glazed bread.
