substitutions in bread makers

[Guest guest]

For those who don't have their bread machine Manual.

 

http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/breadmachinemanual.htm

 

Great site too.

 

 

Karo

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pierce407720032003

5/2/2009 12:01:44 PM

 

substitutions in bread makers

 

I found a machine at the thrift store. It seems to work but it didn't come

with directions. I am reading a direction that I borrowed from my neighbor

but can't find the answer. I know some of you have used honey but am not

sure if the recipe called for that or if you substituted it. When

substituting in the machine will it make a difference if I am using a liquid

(honey or molasses) instead of a dry ingredient? When using fructose, do I

use the same measurements? The one recipe I am looking at calls for brown

sugar. Can I do fructose and molasses? How much of each?

 

It talks about whole wheat flour and better for bread flour. I don't mind

if it doesn't work because I use the wrong flour but am worried that it will

ruin the machine if I use liquid sweeteners instead of refined sugar or dry

ingredient.

 

Thanks,

Uhura

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Congratulations on your new purchase!! We use our bread machine a lot and from

experience I can tell you that your main concern should be the flour and liquid.

You can likely experiment with the sweetener that you want to use, but if your

dough is too dry because of the flour to liquid ratio, that will wear out your

machine very quickly and not the type of sweetener.

 

If your bread machine is used, you might want to try a tried and true recipe at

first, just to make sure your machine is working properly. We've worn out a few

and only clued in to the fact that they were worn out because the loaves were

very heavy. Every time we've replaced the machine, the bread turns out fine

again, likely because the motor is strong when new and mixes the dough better.

 

Do you know how big your machine is, ie. 1.5 pound, 2 pound? If so, I can send

a few recipes that we've used over and over again and turn out extremely well.

 

Suzan

 

 

, " pierce407720032003 " <sacornelius

wrote:

>

> I found a machine at the thrift store. It seems to work but it didn't come

with directions. I am reading a direction that I borrowed from my neighbor but

can't find the answer. I know some of you have used honey but am not sure if

the recipe called for that or if you substituted it. When substituting in the

machine will it make a difference if I am using a liquid (honey or molasses)

instead of a dry ingredient? When using fructose, do I use the same

measurements? The one recipe I am looking at calls for brown sugar. Can I do

fructose and molasses? How much of each?

>

> It talks about whole wheat flour and better for bread flour. I don't mind if

it doesn't work because I use the wrong flour but am worried that it will ruin

the machine if I use liquid sweeteners instead of refined sugar or dry

ingredient.

>

> Thanks,

> Uhura

>

[Guest guest]

[Default] On Sat, 02 May 2009 17:58:21 -0000, " pierce407720032003 "

<sacornelius wrote:

 

>When substituting in the machine will it make a difference if I am using a

liquid (honey or molasses) instead of a dry ingredient?

 

The only adjustment you should need to make is in the total amount of

liquid. For example. if you are substituting 1/4 cups of honey for 1/4

cup of brown sugar, you may need to reduce the total water (or milk) by

some amount. Otherwise your dough may be too wet. You can experiment and

make corrections during the knead if you think the dough is too dry or

too wet, adding either more flour or more water as indicated.

 

If you bought a machine at a thrift store sans instuction booklet, see

if you can find the booklet online. Many of them are available on the

manufacturer's site. If that doesn't pan out, try this site where you

can choose a recipe according the brand of the machine:

 

http://www.bread-maker.net/Bread-maker/Bread-maker-recipes-list.htm

[Guest guest]

I tried the machine today. It smelled good but tasted really salty and I didn't

even add salt. Maybe I should increase the sweetener next time? It called for

brown sugar but I used Molasses since I don't use sugar.

 

Uhura

 

, Mary <tylin10 wrote:

>

> [Default] On Sat, 02 May 2009 17:58:21 -0000, " pierce407720032003 "

> <sacornelius wrote:

>

> >When substituting in the machine will it make a difference if I am using a

liquid (honey or molasses) instead of a dry ingredient?

>

> The only adjustment you should need to make is in the total amount of

> liquid. For example. if you are substituting 1/4 cups of honey for 1/4

> cup of brown sugar, you may need to reduce the total water (or milk) by

> some amount. Otherwise your dough may be too wet. You can experiment and

> make corrections during the knead if you think the dough is too dry or

> too wet, adding either more flour or more water as indicated.

>

> If you bought a machine at a thrift store sans instuction booklet, see

> if you can find the booklet online. Many of them are available on the

> manufacturer's site. If that doesn't pan out, try this site where you

> can choose a recipe according the brand of the machine:

>

> http://www.bread-maker.net/Bread-maker/Bread-maker-recipes-list.htm

>

[Guest guest]

[Default] On Tue, 05 May 2009 01:38:51 -0000, " pierce407720032003 "

<sacornelius wrote:

 

>It smelled good but tasted really salty and I didn't even add salt. Maybe I

should increase the sweetener next time? It called for brown sugar but I used

Molasses since I don't use sugar.

 

That's odd. I don't understand why it would taste salty. I've never had

that experience except when I added salt. I'm wondering if it could be

from the molasses? Maybe you could try honey instead? Also, did your

recipe call for butter? If you used salted butter, maybe that was it.

All I can suggest is that you examine each ingredient carefully to be

sure it isn't salted in someway. Maybe try a different recipe?

[Guest guest]

[Default] On Tue, 05 May 2009 01:38:51 -0000, " pierce407720032003 "

<sacornelius wrote:

 

>It called for brown sugar but I used Molasses since I don't use sugar.

 

I should mention, too, that you can substitute honey or maple syrup,

measure for measure, in place of sugar. A quarter cup of sugar equals a

quarter cup of either of those two.