A home made (machine) bread question.

[Dave7]

I make wholemeal bread. Strong brown flour with approx 20% strong white.
Mainly me that eats bread so I make the 'small' size.
At a guess 75% of them come out the following shape.
Tastes nice and texture is good but it puzzles me as to why this happens.

 

[HMS_Dave]

Looks perfectly fine to me...

 

[T4tomo]

chuck it out of the bread machine before the 2nd prove stage, either put in a loaf ti n or shape free form on a tray, cover to 2nd prove and then cook it in the oven (basically use your machine as mixer). i found that make a better loaf. i also ofund that about max 505 wholemeal / brown flour was enough, otherwise too solid (for my taste)

 

[Milkfloat]

If the texture is fine, then surely it is just a case of the wrong shape tin?

 

[Dave7]

If the texture is fine, then surely it is just a case of the wrong shape tin?

Its not in a tin.....its a machine.

 

[raleighnut]

Bread maker is in a draught or too cold a place.

 

[Dave7]

Looks perfectly fine to me...

Its 'wedge' shaped.
Should have said......when I make the larger (medium) size its a nice proper shape.

 

[graham bowers]

Bread maker is in a draught or too cold a place.

I was thinking that. We had similar when ours was next to the back door, that was often left open. Moved it to a draught free area and it was fine.

 

[numbnuts]

Brown flour is not a great riser, put in a bit more sugar and yeast

 

[raleighnut]

I was thinking that. We had similar when ours was next to the back door, that was often left open. Moved it to a draught free area and it was fine.

Same scenario here.

 

[Milkfloat]

Its not in a tin.....its a machine.

If it is a small amount of mix in a big tin/pan/whatever you want to call it then it will be low and wide and not reach 'normal' height.

 

[Cycleops]

Its 'wedge' shaped.
Should have said......when I make the larger (medium) size its a nice proper shape.

Make the medium, cut it in half and freeze the other half.

 

[oldwheels]

It looks like there is not enough to properly fit the container and so does not have straight edges. I don't use a bread machine but a Kenwood mixer and cut the loaf in half and freeze it until required.
You could just make a normal size loaf and do the same. I keep the frozen part in a sealed poly bag in the freezer.

 

[Bazzer]

1. Are you following the measurements of the bread maker?
2. What yeast are you using? If using dried yeast, I find Allison's Easy Bake, the better yeast if I use my bread maker.

 

[Reynard]

Brown flour is not a great riser, put in a bit more sugar and yeast

Nooooo, don't do that!

Too much sugar and yeast will equal to a crumbly, beery-tasting loaf.