Question about bread machines

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evan

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I recently broke down and bought a bread machine. You know, living all the way out in the country, it seems like a good idea to try to be self sufficent and besides, it seems pointless to drive 10 miles to the store to buy bread. (Besides, breads in the making will cover up for any disaster cooked up in the kitchen prior to the bread baking smileys/bigsmile.gif)

Anyways, I have a question about the paddle: Do you remove it when the dough is ready to rise?

(My user guide says nothing about this, but I read about this in a recipe.)

(If you have a good tip about how to get the bread out of the pan I'll be glad to hear about it too as I'm having a hard time getting the bread out the pan without getting a big stinkin' hole in the bottom of it.)

 
Eva, I've never seen anything about removing the paddle from the bottom of the machine.

I just use my bread machine to make dough. Once it's done I shape the loaf or put it in a pat, let rise and then bake in a regular oven. I prefer the end result.

Good luck.

 
Eva, what brand of bread maker do you have? The one

I had, actually 2 different brands) had pans with unremovable paddles, so yes, there was always a smallish paddle hole in the baked bread. But it wasn't a big deal to me. However, the last few years that I had a bread machine I usually just made the dough in the bread machine, let it rise, and then removed it to shape and bake in a conventional oven.

 
Mine cooks with the paddle still in. The pan is a form of teflon, so the bread doesn't stick.

You might try that lecithin/oil (1:2 ratio) trick. Mix together and rub over pan surfaces before adding anything else. Not sure if it will work since the kneading process may pull it all away.

 
I've never heard of that either, but it seems like an okay idea. The paddle is of no use after the

mixing is done and then you wouldn't have that big gaping hole. You could pull out the dough and just put it back in without the paddle.

I bake about half the time, in the machine and half in a pan in the oven. I have a really old original version with a nonstick coating and have never ever had a sticking problem The bread just pops out after I have let the pan cool out of the machine for about 10 minutes. Do you put butter or oil in the dough? That might help.

If you pull the dough out of the pan to remove the paddle, you could then do a little glaze of butter or oil inside the pan.

I think the only advantage to letting it all go on its own is that you don't have to think about it again until the dinger dings.

 
I remove the paddle before it starts the baking cycle. I have a Cuisinart

and the directions said to do that.

 
My machine gives the dough a final kneading 20 minutes before the end of the dough cycle.

In that case the paddle is still needed.

 
But not once the baking is about to start, right? When I make dough I always restart the machine to

let it do just one more punch, so I don't have to. I just shut it off after 1 minute and then remove the dough. Not that I don't need the exercise.

 
Yep. I"m glad you mentioned this Eva. I'm going to do this from now on. Such a simple solution not

to have thought of.

 
RE: ABM paddle

I usually remove the paddle just before the rising state in my machines. Having taught bread making and how to use ABM machines for a long time, I became owner of 3 machines: Toastmaster Corner Bakery (still good afater all these years), Hitachi (use for dough only) and a brand-new Toastmaster Bread Box, never used or open, with a wedding gift card still inside it. 12 years of marriage for that couple, and the groom told me that they just couldn't spend the time to use it.

Their loss, my gain.

 
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