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What am I doing wrong?
Peppa_Pig_5
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I have just started using a breadmaker, however, the bread seems quite hard to me. I have used a basic mixture. 310ml tepid water, 2 tbsp veg oil, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 1 1/2 tsp sugar, 2 tbsp dried milk powder, 600g strong white flour, 1 sachet dried active yeast.
I didn't have veg oil, so used olive oil, could this account for it being hard. When I say hard I mean a bit stale, as though I had cooked it the day before. It just doesn't seem how I expected it to be. I have made a loaf before and cooked it in the oven, it tasted much better.
Any suggestions.
Peppa
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I didn't have veg oil, so used olive oil, could this account for it being hard. When I say hard I mean a bit stale, as though I had cooked it the day before. It just doesn't seem how I expected it to be. I have made a loaf before and cooked it in the oven, it tasted much better.
Any suggestions.
Peppa
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Can't think why your bread has gone hard. The olive oil shouldn't have made any difference. When I used to make my own bread the only problems I ever encounted was when I was a bit slapdash with the measurements. You have to be spot on. So when it says 310ml of tepid water it has to be exact.
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Which breadmaker do you have, they do vary drastically as to how exact you have to be with measurements. If I don't adhere to the instructions for my Morphy Richards then I end up with a brick.Organised people are just too lazy to look for things
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Thanks for the replies. I have a cookworks breadmaker.
Peppa
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Also different flours have different absorbtion rates, try again but add a little more water. I've never used olive oil in bread so I'm not too sure of what effect that would have.Organised people are just too lazy to look for things
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