Does the dough cycle in a bread machine rise the dough for you?

Question

I have a book recipe which says:

5. When the dough cycle has finished, remove the dough from the machine and place it on a lightly floured surface. Separate into 8 equal sections and round each with cupped hands.

6. Cover with a lightly oiled plastic wrap. Let rise for 30-45 minutes or until doubled in size.

In my dough machine, the "Dough Cycle" comes in two sections: As the time passes, the blinking button moves from kneading to rising (which shows what stage of the cycle it is in) after it has finished kneading.

So do I have to "rerise" the dough after taking out the machine? Or is the job already done? Or should I take the dough out after the knead section, ignore the rise section, and rise the dough without the machine?

Answer 1

I know my bread machine does ALL the work. All I do is add the dry ingredients first (bread flour, yeast) then the wet (water, eggs) and hit start. It mixes the dough then kneads the dough, then lets it rest then kneads it again. Finally it bakes it to the desired doneness you selected. It then cools the baked bread and dings when it's done. It's slightly warm and ready to eat and sooooooooooooooo good. I'm not sure what brand bread machine you have but I would go online and do some research on it because the whole idea of a bread machine is to dump the ingredients in, set it and forget it. I used mine often and especially during the holidays.

Hope that helps.....

Answer 2

My machine's dough cycle rises the bread once and then puch down for about 30 secs. Then is done.