For a long time, I wanted to prepare an article that would answer questions about my bread machine. When I realized that I had neglected the Culinary School section, I decided to write to tell you about a kitchen appliance that I love to use every day and to clear up any question marks in your mind.
Our first kitchen gadget for today Bread MachineA unique device for those who want to make bread at home.
I think I have been using a bread maker for 3 years, it is incredibly enjoyable when the machine mixes, ferment and bakes the combinations I have created, and finally the bread of your dreams comes out. It has become even more enjoyable with the flour mixtures sold in the markets nowadays.
First of all, let me start by writing which brand of bread maker I use. I am using Tefal OW3001 Bread Maker.
Bread machines now contain many features. You can use the machine you bought not only for making bread, but also for preparing compote, jam, cake or bun.
It is also nice that it can only be used to leaven dough or prepare pizza dough.
If you are going to make a standard bread in the bread machine, you need to choose a program of at least 3 hours. There is a program like make quick bread in the machine I use (it takes 1 hour and 20 minutes), but I have never used it.
When choosing a bread maker, I recommend that you pay attention to the width of its internal volume. There are 750 options in my bread machine, 1000 gr and 1 gr (2 kilo). Even if your bread consumption is low, I recommend you to buy a machine with a large chamber rather than a machine with a small chamber. Because you may want to take the bread you make as a gift or offer it to your guests.
If your machine has a timer feature, you can put the ingredients in advance and start cooking at the time you want., this means that your warm and fresh bread is on the table early in the morning or at dinner. Of course, you have to take into account that the kneading, fermentation and cooking time will take 3 hours.
You used a bread maker on a whim but failed on your first try. Your bread is raw or like concrete. The most important reason for this is that you do not comply with the measurements in the booklet given to you or the recipe you read.
If you are going to make bread in the bread machine, you should follow the recipes gram by gram. Otherwise, every attempt will result in frustration.
How to make perfect bread in the bread machine?
- Of course, first of all, by acquiring a kitchen scale, if you have started the way of making bread at home, you do not want to use ready-made flour mixtures, if you want to create your own recipe, a scale is a must. In addition, you are given ml and spoon measuring cups next to the bread machine (you must follow the ml or spoon measurements).
- Another important point is to put all the ingredients in the bread machine in order. Here is the sequence:
- Aqueous materials: Water, milk, olive oil, etc.
- Dry ingredients: Flour, yeast, salt, sugar
- Dry ingredients you want to add to the bread at the end of fermentation
- All ingredients must be at room temperature. If you are going to use water and milk, the egg must be at room temperature.
You can find the recipes I prepared in the Bread Maker here.