What's going on with my bread maker?

[Brandane]

I haven't bought supermarket bread for about a year now, ever since buying a bread maker (Panasonic SD2500).
The bread has always been good; nice and light texture with good flavour, until now.
The last two loaves have been different; as in stodgey, and look as if they haven't risen properly.
I haven't done anything different! I am using the same brand of flour, and following the recipe to the letter. So what has happened?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Your bread maker has reached the stage in its life where it's having a mid-loaf crisis .

 

[User33236]

Mrs SG had a couple of loaves fail some time back. She went out and bought a new pack of yeast and that solved the issue. Would appear the old pack she had was past its best.

 

[Brandane]

Your bread maker has reached the stage in its life where it's having a mid-loaf crisis .

That is not in the yeast bit funny .

 

[swee'pea99]

Strange to have such a sudden change, but I'd agree that new yeast would be the first thing to try.

Tho' if I dare ask an apparently dumb question, have you tried turning it off (at the mains) and turning it on again? Worth trying this with just about anything electrical these days - they all have chips in, which can get scrambled like any other computer brain.

 

[dan_bo]

Its obviously having a middle classed quandry.

Bless it.

 

[dan_bo]

Its obviously having a middle classed quandry.

Bless it.

Bugger. Beaten to it.

 

[Brandane]

Mrs SG had a couple of loaves fail some time back. She went out and bought a new pack of yeast and that solved the issue. Would appear the old pack she had was past its best.

You might have hit the nail on the head there. I will spend some dough on a new pack of yeast; it might give me a better rise .

 

[ScotiaLass]

I'd say yeast first but I wonder if the bread maker is failing? (perhaps not powering properly)

 

[ScotiaLass]

You might have hit the nail on the head there. I will spend some dough on a new pack of yeast; it might give me a better rise .

I'm rising above that remark, seriously, I'm not yolking....

 

[welsh dragon]

This happened to me as well. I'd go for new yeast as well, otherwise maybe your bread maker is brown bread.

 

[Brandane]

Strange to have such a sudden change, but I'd agree that new yeast would be the first thing to try.

Tho' if I dare ask an apparently dumb question, have you tried turning it off (at the mains) and turning it on again? Worth trying this with just about anything electrical these days - they all have chips in, which can get scrambled like any other computer brain.

It gets unplugged and put away after every use (takes up too much counter space!).

 

[ScotiaLass]

It gets unplugged and put away after every use (takes up too much counter space!).

There's your problem right there....bread maker abuse!
Don't you know it needs to feel loved!
Honestly....I despair.

 

[TheDoctor]

I tend to use the yeast in individual sachets. The sort in a big pack goes off before I can use it all.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Bugger. Beaten to it.

I still gave you a "like"