Basic Ingredients
Yeast
Yeast is actually a microscopic plant.
Simply stated, without yeast, your bread will not rise. When moistened
by a liquid, fed by sugar, and
carzjdly warmed, yeast produces gases which power the
dough
to rise.
If
tfie
temperature is too cold, the yeast will not be activated;
ifit?
too warn, it will die.
The Sunbeam Deluxe Bread
and Dough Maker takes care of this worry for
you
by maintaining just the riiht temperature in the baking
chamber at
al/ times. You can use either “active dry yeas?,
“
quick acting”, “rapid rise yeast” or one of the
neze
“Bread machine yeasts” in your Sunbeam Bread Maker.
Sugars
Sugars sweeten the bread, brown the crust, and lend tenderness to the texture.
These jobs can be
pegormed
by
white or brown sugar, molasses, maple or corn syrups, honey,
faits
or other sweeteners.
Flour
In orderfor the bread to rise, the flour has to have a high protein content.
You
shouldalways use a ‘bread
flour” (for white bread recipes) in your bread maker to get the best results. Do not use all-purpose, cake f/our or
self--risingflour.
Unlike white
breadflour, who/e wheatflour contains bran and wheatgerm which inhibit
rising.
Wheat breads
therefore tend to be heavier in texture
andsmaller in sixe. A lighter larger loaf can be achieved by combining
whole wheat flour with white
breadflourfor wheat bread recipes.
liquids
When liquids are mixed with the proteins in flour, gluten is formed.
Gluten is necessary for rising. Many
recipes use
dry
milk, but other liquids, such as fruit&ice, beer, and water work too.
Itic
a delicate balance: A
recipe with too much liquid may cause the bread to fall during baking while a recipe with too
littl’e @id
wiL
not
rise.
Salt inhibits rising, so be very careful measuring. Any ordinary table salt will do.
Fats
Many breads use fats to enhance the flavor and retain moisture.
Typically, we use
mafgan’ne in these recipes,
but butter may also be used.