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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE-
BREAD LOAVES
Problem Causes
Not Baked in Center • Can happen with recipes calling for moist ingredients such as applesauce
and yogurt or with heavier flours such as whole wheat or bran.
• Reduce the liquids by 1 tablespoon the next time you make the recipe.
• Humidity may be high.Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of flour the next time you
make the recipe.
Collapse • Ingredient amounts were out of proportion.Salt omitted.
• Too much dough was made. Exceeding the capacity of the bread pan
may cause an underbaked, gummy center and a collapsed top. When
dough rises to the top of the machine, it interferes with the circulation
needed for proper baking and cooling.
• Warm weather, high humidity or overheated liquids all speed up yeast
action, which may cause the dough to rise too fast and the bread to
c o l l a p s e before baking begins.
Over Rising • Usually indicates that ingredient quantities are out of proportion. Too
much yeast, sugar, flour, liquid or a combination may result in
exceeding the capacity of the bread pan.
Open or Coarse • Excess water or yeast was used, or yeast action was accelerated by
Texture hot, humid weather or overheated ingredients.
• Salt omitted.
Heavy, • Not enough water or too much flour was used.
Dense Texture • Not enough sugar or yeast was used.
• Recipe was imbalanced by an excess of whole grain flours, whole
grains, dried fruits or other added ingredients.
Short Loaf, • Not enough sugar was used.
Unsatisfactory • Delayed Finish feature was used and ingredients were placed in
Rising bread pan in a way that salt or water were in contact with the yeast
for a prolonged period.
• Short, heavier loaves are to be expected when whole grains or whole
grain flours are used or when all-purpose flour is substituted for bread
flour.Try using bread flour and reducing the amount of other flours and
grains.
• Incorrect amount of yeast was used, or yeast was not fresh.
No rise • Old or improperly stored yeast was used. Yeast was omitted or
mismeasured.
• Other key ingredients were omitted or mismeasured.
• Delayed finish feature was used and ingredients were placed in the pan
incorrectly.
Mushroom-Shaped • Too much yeast may have been used.Be sure yeast was measured
Top with a teaspoon, not a tablespoon.
• Added ingredients that contain sugar, such as sweetened applesauce
or raisins.