West Bend Breadmaker Instruction Manual

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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS To prevent personal injury or property damage, read and follow all instructions and warnings. When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should always be followed including the following: • Read all instructions. • Do not touch hot surfaces. Use handle or knobs. Always use hot pads or oven mitts when hand ...

• Longer, detachable power-supply cords or extension cords are available and may be used if care is exercised in their use. While use of an extension cord is not recommended, if you must use one, the marked electrical rating of the detachable power-supply cord or extension cord should be at least as great as the electrical rating of the applia ...

CONTROL PANEL and FUNCTIONS LCD DISPLAY: Remove the plastic film from the display before use. The display indicates when the appliance is ready for use. When the appliance is first plugged in, there will be an audible beep and the default program is displayed. “1 3:20” appears on the display. The “1” specifies which program is selecte ...

MENU SELECTIONS Menu 1: “Basic” for white, rye, potato, egg, garlic and similar breads. The “Basic” setting can be used for almost any bread recipe containing mostly bread flour. Menu 2: “French” for the preparation of particularly light white and Italian breads. This is not suitable for baking recipes requiring butter, margarine, o ...

BASIC STEPS IN MAKING BREAD Always clean your new appliance thoroughly before using. Refer to “Cleaning Your Breadmaker” section. 1. Insert the bread pan; place the bread pan in the center of the baking chamber. When the bread pan is pressed lightly in the center, the fixing device locks into place. To remove the bread pan, pull with medium f ...

High Altitude Adjustment: Reduced air pressure at high altitudes causes yeast gases to expand more rapidly and the dough to rise more quickly. The dough can rise so much that when it begins to bake, it will collapse due to overstretching of the gluten structure. To slow the rising of the dough, reduce the amount of yeast by ¼ teaspoon at a time ...

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR can be used in your bread maker using the “Whole wheat” bread setting. Whole wheat flour contains the entire wheat kernel, including the bran and germ. Therefore, breads made with 100 percent or a high percentage of whole wheat flour will be lower in height and heavier in texture than bread made with bread flour. The “Whol ...

YEAST is a living organism, which through fermentation, feeds on carbohydrates in flour and sugar to produce carbon dioxide gas that makes the bread rise. Active dry, fast rising or bread machine yeast can be used in your bread maker. Use only the amount stated in the recipes. Using a little more can cause the dough to over rise and bake into the ...

GLUTEN FREE BREAD: Always use room-temperature ingredients. Do not use eggs directly from the refrigerator. Instead, place them in a bowl of warm water until they reach room temperature. Gluten free bread dough will have more of a muffin batter texture than a typical bread dough texture. This is normal. If you desire a lighter loaf of gluten fre ...