Mr. Coffee BMR 200, Instruction Manual

COMMONLY ASKED  QUESTIONS

What has

I t   may

 h a p p e  n  e  d  to

  the

  kneader

  b         l             a        d          e     ?

have been  baked  into  the bottom of the loaf of bread. See step

12  on

page 10  for how   to  remove the kneader blade from the loaf.

Why  is 

bread 

flour  used  in  most of the recipes?

Bread flour  is  high in protein. When kneaded the protein produces gluten that
gives bread a strong structure more tolerant of variations  in  the recipe, weather
conditions  etc., than all-purpose flour.

Can I use  all- purpose

 flour in my breadmaker?

You may use  all - purpose  flour, however, the bread will be lower in volume and the

texture   will  b e   slightly  different than bread made with bread  flour.   Because the
bread  structure   is   less strong’ than when bread flour is used, breads made with

,

all-purpose  flour  aren’t  as  tolerant 

tO

 additional ingredients such as fruit, grains

or vegetables.’

Can I use self-rising flour in my breadmaker?

No, the  leavening  in  self-rising

flour  interferes with the yeast, and the result

will not be satisfactory.

what is  

g l u t e n ?

Gluten is   the   insoluble protein found in wheat flours. Hard wheat has a higher

g l u t e n content that soft  wheat.  Gluten is formed when  liquid  is added  to  flour and
kneaded. Gluten  is the foundation of a good loaf of bread.

Can  I use my   favorite  

bread  

recipes in my breadmaker?

You  can   if you are wilting to  experiment.  Unfortunately, there is no tried-and-true

formula for doing
down to  fit the

this  because bread recipes vary. The recipe needs to be scaled

flour restrictions of your breadmaker (4  2 / 3

   cups for  BAKE  settings,

4  1/2 cups for ROUGH setting). You will have to figure amounts mathematically.
(For  example, if a favorite recipe uses 7 1/2  

 to 8 cups of flour, because your

breadnaker has a maximum amount of 4 2/3 

 cups of flour for  baked   recipes  you

could begin  by using  4 cups of flour and one-half of  the amount  of remaining

Ingredients.) Use the same order of  adding  ingredients to the inner pot as
recommended in our recipes.