I have a breadmaker, and I make a multigrain bread recipe every few days, so I don't have to use yucky store bread. The recipe is 3/4 cup+2 tbs water, 2/3 cup kashi 7 grain, 3/4 cup whole wheat flour, 1 cup bread flour, 2 tbs brown sugar, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp yeast. This recipe turns out well, except the grains are hard and hurt my teeth. Today I substituted the 7 grain for an equal amount of pinhead oats, on the theory it would make the bread more filling and the smaller pinhead oats would mix in better, and be more tender. Well, I was right about that, they do mix in better. However, my loaf cooked up substantially smaller! It's still tender and yummy, but a couple inches shorter than usual! This means I don't have as many slices of bread to work with, and I"ll have to make the bread more often, as well as the slices will be more calorie dense. My theory is the soluable fiber in the oats held the loaf together somehow, is this right? What can I do to make the loaf turn out right?
2007-02-08 03:39:00 · 7 answers · asked by T.M.Y. 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Good for you for making your own bread! I made a whole wheat rosemary bread yesterday, and it was smaller than when I use the less dense and nutritionally void all purpose flour. Your problem is probably that you need more yeast and more kneading to allow the gluten to form. Try the yeast first (can we assume that your yeast is fresh?) and then, if you can, try to make the machine knead your dough longer (maybe a large bread cycle?). If that fails, you could try making the dough in your stand mixer, use the dough hook to knead it for one cycle, then put it back in the bread maker to continue.
2007-02-08 04:04:07 · answer #1 · answered by Marianne B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Make sure your yeast is fresh and hasn't expired, become wet, or been chilled, come to room temp, then re-chilled.
2. I don't think you have enough bread flour in the mix. Therefore you dont' have enough gluten being formed, which makes the structure of hte bread and holds it as CO2 is made by the yeast. Maybe next time, instead of 2/3 cup kashi, add 1/3 cup oats and 1/3 cup additional bread flour.
2007-02-08 03:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To soften the kashi in your original recipe, you could mix the cereal with the water for a few minutes before putting the ingredients in the bread machine.
2007-02-08 07:49:04 · answer #3 · answered by MyThought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bread recipes are tested in the kitchens of the maker and are true recipes for the bread maker. When you change an ingredient you change the bread out come. If you enjoy this change and the bread is GREAT then make it this way and make it more often. Better to have GREAT tasting, and nutritious bread than YUCKY bread.
2007-02-08 03:43:46 · answer #4 · answered by wineduchess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in no way, even though it takes a touch endurance. you should blend the yeast to commence it starting to be, then upload it on your flour, sugar, etc. and placed it in a warmish position (placed a dish towel over the bowl to guard it from drafts) to allow it upward push for some hours. then you genuinely punch it down and allow it upward push back. that is observed as 'proofing' the bread. You punch it down for a very last time and allow it upward push interior the pans you'll bake it in, and as quickly because it has risen, pop it interior the oven and bake it. your complete abode will scent outstanding. The quite tremendous element about abode-made bread is that you'll be able to upload inspite of you want -- raisins, nuts, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries or different dried culmination, complete grains, etc.etc.etc. The quite undesirable element about abode-made bread is that it not in any respect lasts. as quickly because it comes out of the oven, and also you good it with a slosh of butter and jam, or a slab of cheese, and devour it even as that's nevertheless warmth, you are able to in basic terms about assure it is going to likely be lengthy gone earlier the day is over, and also you should bake some extra day after today! you should purchase bread making machines, yet quite, they don't artwork as well as doing it your self. and there is an same quantity of cleanup in touch.
2016-11-26 02:43:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boil the grain until it softens before adding to your mix. It will increase it's volume by 200 -300% and make it easier to chew. Looking for good bread machine recipes checkout. http://www.breadmachinedigest.com
2007-02-08 05:55:30 · answer #6 · answered by J P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the manufacturer and explain your dilemma. They should be able to resolve your problem..
2007-02-08 04:06:56 · answer #7 · answered by buzzwaltz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋