Bread Machine Adventures: Loaves #1 and 2
08 January 2006 11:08 AM | Food
Feh! My first couple of loafs didn't rise so good. I
am investigating.
Loaf #1: This was a 9 Grain mix. I think it was because the house and also the water was too cool the house was at 68 degrees and the water only slightly above room temp. This mix uses the Whole Wheat setting which lets all the ingredients sit for 1/2 hour so there is plenty of time to cool off. Ended up with a very moist dense loaf.
Loaf #2: This is a Bob's Red Mill 100% Whole Wheat. I cranked the furnace up to 72 and used warmer water. This loaf uses a white bread setting so it just starts mixing right away. It looks like it rose a bit better than the first loaf but it still didn't rise enough to really fill the oblong pan with a nicely shaped loaf. I have not tasted this loaf because I'm still working on eating the other. I let it cool, sliced it and then put it in the freezer for later in the week. I think I have enough bread till next weekend for now so no more experiments till then.
Both of the mixes above make a 1.5 pound loaf. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I'll keep at it - this is pattern recognition just like optimizing for search engines so it is solvable.
Loaf #1: This was a 9 Grain mix. I think it was because the house and also the water was too cool the house was at 68 degrees and the water only slightly above room temp. This mix uses the Whole Wheat setting which lets all the ingredients sit for 1/2 hour so there is plenty of time to cool off. Ended up with a very moist dense loaf.
Loaf #2: This is a Bob's Red Mill 100% Whole Wheat. I cranked the furnace up to 72 and used warmer water. This loaf uses a white bread setting so it just starts mixing right away. It looks like it rose a bit better than the first loaf but it still didn't rise enough to really fill the oblong pan with a nicely shaped loaf. I have not tasted this loaf because I'm still working on eating the other. I let it cool, sliced it and then put it in the freezer for later in the week. I think I have enough bread till next weekend for now so no more experiments till then.
Both of the mixes above make a 1.5 pound loaf. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I'll keep at it - this is pattern recognition just like optimizing for search engines so it is solvable.
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