Owner's Manual

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RISE (3) The dough then goes into the final rise to achieve its maximum height. Again, you may hear faint
clicking sounds during the rise as gentle heat is provided to keep the chamber warm.
BAKE The bread is then baked for the specified time depending on the Bread Color selection made: Light,
Medium, Dark. An audible alert will sound when the bread is done and 0:00 will appear in the display.
If the bread maker is not turned off, it will automatically go into the Keep Warm mode. After the bread is
removed, deactivate program lock by holding LOCK button down for 3 seconds or until word ‘lock’
disappears from display. Then turn bread maker off by holding down the START/STOP button down for
3 seconds or until the red signal light goes out.
TROUBLESHOOTING
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 POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION
1. Top inflated, Too much yeast. Reduce yeast by ¼ to ½ teaspoon.
mushroom-like
in appearance Too much sugar. Reduce sugar by 1 teaspoon.
Too much flour. Reduce flour by 2 to 3 tablespoons.
Substituted bread machine/ Use correct amount of bread
fast-rising yeast for amount machine/fast rising yeast.
given for active dry yeast.
Not enough salt. Use amount of salt recommended
in recipe.
Warm, humid weather. Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon and
reduce yeast by ¼ to ½ teaspoon.
May be caused from Make recommended adjustment
baking in high altitude. for high altitude baking by
reducing yeast by ¼ teaspoon
and reducing liquid by 2 to
3 teaspoons.
2. Top and sides Too much liquid. Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon.
cave in.
Too much yeast. Use amount recommended in
recipe.
3. Center of loaf is Too much liquid. Reduce liquid by 1 tablespoon.
raw, not baked
through. Power outage during If power goes out during
operation. operation, bread maker will be
turned off automatically. You
will need to remove unbaked loaf
from pan and start over with fresh
ingredients.
Forgot to put knead Always make sure knead bar
bar in pan. is on shaft in bottom of pan
before adding ingredients.
4. Gnarly, Not enough liquid. Increase liquid by 1 tablespoon.
knotted top.
Too much flour. Measure flour accurately, leveling
off measuring cup.
5. Dark crust Dark crust setting used. Use Light or Medium crust color
color. setting the next time.