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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Following are some typical problems that can occur when making bread in your bread maker. Please review the problems, their possible causes and the corrective action that should be taken to ensure successful bread making. PROBLEM 1. Top inflated, mushroom-like in appearance. POSSIBLE CAUSE -Too much yeast. -Too much sugar. -Too much flour. -Substituted active dry yeast for bread machine/fastrising yeast. -Not enough salt. -Warm, humid weather. -May be caused by high altitude. 2. Top and sides cave in 3. Center of loaf is raw, not baked through. -Too much liquid. -Too much yeast. -Too much liquid. -Power outage during operation. -Forgot to put knead bar in pan. 4. Gnarly, knotted top, -Not enough liquid. not smooth. -Too much flour. SOLUTION -Reduce yeast by ¼ to ½ teaspoon. -Reduce sugar by 1 teaspoon. -Reduce flour by 2 to 3 tablespoons. -Use correct amount of bread machine/fast-rising yeast. -Use amount recommended in recipe. -Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon and reduce yeast by ¼ to ½ teaspoon. -Make recommended adjustment for high altitude baking by reducing yeast by ¼ teaspoon and reducing liquid by 2 to 3 teaspoons. -Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon. -Use amount recommended in recipe. -Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon. -Bread maker will turn off automatically if power goes out for more than 10 minutes. You must remove the unbaked loaf and start over with fresh ingredients. -Always put knead bar on shaft in pan before adding ingredients. -Increase liquid by 1 tablespoon. -Measure flour accurately, leveling off measuring cup. See pg.5. 5. Dark crust color/too thick. 6. Loaf is burned. 7. Crust too thick. -DARK crust setting used. -Bread maker malfunctioning. -Bread baked too long. 8. Flat loaves, no rising -Yeast omitted. -Yeast too old. -Liquid too hot. -Too much salt added. -Sugar or other sweetener omitted. -If using timer, yeast got wet before bread making process started. -Use LIGHT or MEDIUM crust color setting the next time. -See Warranty section for servicing. -Use lighter crust color setting the next time to shorten bake time. -Add ingredients as listed in recipe -Check expiration date. -Use lukewarm liquid, about 80° F. -Use amount recommended. -Add ingredients as listed in recipe. -Push dry ingredients into corners of pan. Make well in center of dry ingredients for yeast to protect it from liquids. 9. Short loaves. On average 1½ lb. loaves will be about 3½ to 4 inches high; 2 lb. loaves, 4 to 5 inches high. -Wheat breads will be shorter than white breads due to less gluten forming protein in whole-wheat flour. - Not enough liquid. - Sugar omitted or not enough added. -Wrong type of flour used. -Not enough yeast used or too old. -Wrong type of yeast used. 23 -Normal situation, no solution. -Increase liquid by 1 tablespoon. -Assemble ingredients as listed in recipe. -Do not use all-purpose flour. -Measure amount recommended and check freshness date on package. -Use correct type of yeast, especially important for bread machine/fast rising yeasts.