Spicy headline, but not a very spicy question. Why did my bread machine bread do this? I’m new to bread machine baking and I have dream of perfectly baked, easy bread all the time. But I don’t know what I’m doing. So, tell me… what happened here?

I had one as a kid and I loved it, super excited to start making my own bread again 😬

Zojirushi bread maker says to use vital wheat gluten for some wheat breads, what is vital wheat gluten? I can’t find it and don’t know what its purpose is?? I couldn’t figure it out from google searching and just hoped it would smack me in the face at the flour aisle, it hasn’t yet 😬

Edit: thanks everyone!! Looks like I’ll just have to get it from amazon.

I've got a Zojirushi BBCC-V20. Does a great job.

A lot of people use a stand mixer to work their dough. In what situation would a stand mixer be better than the "dough" setting on the Zojirushi?

I followed bread dad recipe for white bread to a T - The 2lb size 🤷‍♀️. Haven’t had something like this happen before.

Zojirushi Virtuoso Pro and the title basically says it all. The loaf looks excellent but the bottom 1/3 is much denser than the top. Any ideas ?

Hi everyone. I just got my first bread maker off Marketplace and put it into use right away. About ten minutes in, it stopped and paused itself. The timer is going down and the machine/dough is a little warm (I opened the top to see it). Is this normal? Thanks all!

This thing has been awesome. My mom's old Bread man struggled with thicker dough and this thing just powers right through. Been working it like a rented mule making 2 or 3 loaves a week plus dough for rolls.

We chucked some ingredients in the bread maker with some cheese and it turned out like this. Usually we have no issues. Any ideas?

I love the ATK basic wheat recipe, but IMO it's the wrong flavor and texture for something like a tuna sandwich (too enriched/sweet, too soft). Could someone recommend a good hearty sandwich loaf recipe, part whole wheat and optionally with some addins (e.g. porridge, seeds, scorchers/soakers, potato flakes)? My bread machine is a cheaper one, Hamilton Beach 29982, and all the recipes in the user manual that I've tried are pretty bad.

I'm sure this has been talked about ad nauseam but i was having trouble sifting through the erroneous search results to find the right ones. Thank you for being patient with me!

Does anyone have any low calorie bread machine recipes out there. I like using my bread machine but most of the bread recipes are pretty high calorie.

1 1/8 water 4tsp oil 2Tbs honey 1tsp salt 1tsp cara seeds 1 1/3 cups rye flour 2.25 cups bread flour 1/4 cup dry milk 2 & 1/2 tsp yeast

Typing this out i but in too little honey

I happen to have a milk and egg allergy, and received a (very old, unopened) bread maker my parents have had forever and never ended up using so I’m very much looking forward to making some fresh bread.

My Citizen bread machine came with a manual that has a recipe book, so I tried the first one without milk powder (multigrain, but without the multigrain mix, so just whole wheat - it went well!). However, I noticed quite a few recipes call for dry milk powder (sounds like for flavour/colour, keeping, and nutritional value). I was hoping to find a suitable alternative without having to convert to liquid non-dairy milk.

*Would soy milk powder be a good substitute? *Would soy protein powder be the same/similar? Does adding extra protein negatively impact the dough?

Similarly, I was excited to try a raisin bread and ventured on to Bread Dad’s site - only to find egg as an ingredient! Issue #2.

Would using Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer be the best substitute for eggs in a bread recipe? Is there another recommended alternative? I’m assuming the egg is used for softness and rise?

The recipe called for AP flour and eggs. Can I swap AP for bread flour, or does it need to be AP? Currently have whole wheat bread flour. Not sure how that’d go with cinnamon raisin bread.

I greatly appreciate any wisdom you could depart.

Hello! The past couple months I’ve been thinking about getting a bread machine. I figured I’d check out facebook marketplace for a good deal instead of dropping $100+ for a first time machine. Is this a good machine/good price for it? The inside looked clean and hardly used. Thanks!