Kathy MurdochWhy does my #breadmaker keep doing this to my #bread, Mastodon?
Less water and less yeast helped!
SevenDeadlyExes 🏳️🌈@kapellosaur oh the amount of yeast changes things?! My recipe said to use a 7g packet but my packets were 11g - I figured cos it multiplys it wouldn't matter 🤔
@SevenDeadlyExes Oh yeah, definitely. More yeast means they produce gas faster, and potentially use up starch faster too. Great if you need a fast rise, but if you're applying it to a recipe that is intended to rise more slowly, it'll overrise and collapse (it would seem). The pic above was 7g yeast, I dropped it down to 4-5g.
@kapellosaur that was the other thing too - I went for the overnight dough recipe - but it still wanted fast yeast?!
Bread making is complex af for 3 ingredients!?
@SevenDeadlyExes Yeah, there are far too many variables!
Fast yeast just means you don't have to activate it beforehand, AFAIK. I don't think it changes the rising time
David Stark@kapellosaur The bread is trying to bodily ascend into heaven partway through baking. Try adding less holy water. (I have no actual idea, sorry.)
@Zarkonnen That's the beginning of some amazing worldbuilding though :D
Mike Bartley@kapellosaur do you wash the container thoroughly after each use?
@mikebartley I don't, no. What might that be affecting?
@kapellosaur baking stuff should be kept clean, otherwise bad things happen. Try washing the container and see if that helps.
@mikebartley I shall do so then, thank you!
Peejmaybe@kapellosaur Definitely looks over-risen and filled with gas before 'popping'. Would probably say add no more than a teaspoon of yeast, maybe mix wholemeal and strong white bread flour in equal proportions, 10ml less water - and also get that bread out of the breadmaker as soon as it starts beeping, never leave it in there. Other than that, I'm stumped :D
Michelle B 🇩🇲🇪🇺@kapellosaur just jumping in to say that love all the replies on this.