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===Breadmaker Bread does not rise=== | ===Breadmaker Bread does not rise=== | ||
'''My loaves don't rise properly'''. I do quite a lot of [[home-baking]] with [[yeast]], mainly [[bread]] with a [[:Category:Breadmaker recipes|breadmaker]] and [[home-made pizzas]]. Recently our favourite bread, [[basic French loaf]], which is normally very light and airy would not rise properly and be dense, damp and heavy. This particular [[French loaf]] uses no sugar which would normally aid the fermentation and rising process. The pizzas however would still be fine. | '''My loaves don't rise properly'''. I do quite a lot of [[home-baking]] with [[yeast]], mainly [[bread]] with a [[:Category:Breadmaker recipes|breadmaker]] and [[home-made pizzas]]. Recently our favourite bread, [[basic French loaf]], which is normally very light and airy would not rise properly and be dense, damp and heavy. This particular [[French loaf]] uses no sugar which would normally aid the fermentation and rising process. The pizzas however would still be fine. | ||
I thought I would start with the yeast. We always use Allinson [[dried active yeast]] in a 125g can, which has been fine up to now. One sniff gave a clue. Instead of that nice warm yeasty smell, it was musty and almost bitter. Checking the ''best-before'' date: January 2011 - almost a year out of date! | I thought I would start with the yeast. We always use Allinson [[dried active yeast]] in a 125g can, which has been fine up to now. One sniff gave a clue. Instead of that nice warm yeasty smell, it was musty and almost bitter. Checking the ''best-before'' date: January 2011 - almost a year out of date! | ||
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'''Check your yeast is fresh and within the best before date!''' | '''Check your yeast is fresh and within the best before date!''' | ||
===Faulty Panasonic SD253 breadmaker - bread does not rise=== | |||
After many years (5 or 6?) bread made in this breadmaker would no longer rise properly, we tried new flour and yeast to no avail. After speaking to a friend who had the same breadmaker and was suffering bread rising problems with his Panasonic SD 253, I thought it was time for a replacement ([[Panasonic SD-ZB2502 automatic breadmaker]]. After 4 rising failures with the same recipe on the Panasonic SD253, the first attempt with the [[Panasonic SD-ZB2502 automatic breadmaker|SZ-B2505]] worked perfectly using an the same recipe and the same ingredients. | |||
I'm very mechanically -minded and have worked repairing similar items to this in the past, yet I can't think what could be causing the problem as the unit warms the dough and cooks the bread correctly. I can't imagine that the program / software could change and I've stripped lubricated all the moving parts and they appear to be move freely with plenty of power. However, faulty, it must be. | |||
====Similar problem==== | |||
I read your note about your faulty Panasonic where the bread didn't rise. I had a similar problem with another breadmaker because the lid didn't close properly. It was something wrong with the sealing around the lid. | |||
Regards/Olle, Sweden | |||
====What to do with a poorly risen loaf of bread?==== | ====What to do with a poorly risen loaf of bread?==== | ||
Don't waste the loaf. Even loaves that don't rise amek perfectly good breadcrumbs. Cut the loaf into chunks, drop them into a [[food processor]] fitted with a metal blade and bland them into [[breadcrumbs]]. If the [[breadcrumbs]] are still a little moist, to dry them, spread them out on an oven tray and pop them into an oven for 15 minutes [150° C 300° F / Gas Mk 2 Slow/Low]. Stir them up half-way through. | Don't waste the loaf. Even loaves that don't rise amek perfectly good breadcrumbs. Cut the loaf into chunks, drop them into a [[food processor]] fitted with a metal blade and bland them into [[breadcrumbs]]. If the [[breadcrumbs]] are still a little moist, to dry them, spread them out on an oven tray and pop them into an oven for 15 minutes [150° C 300° F / Gas Mk 2 Slow/Low]. Stir them up half-way through. | ||