Troubleshooting – Recipe
21
Problem Bread Over Sticky Doughy Heavy Coarse Bread Bread Corrective
sinks in browned patch on centre dense holey rises doesn’t Action
centre top of texture texture too much rise
bread enough
Flour Not
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Use metric weighing/
measured measuring devices.
correctly See ‘Measuring Up'
for more detail
Low
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Use high protein flour.
Protein % See 'The Vital
Ingredients' for
more detail
Past
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Use fresh flour
use-by
date
Self raising
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Use high protein
flour used bread flour. See 'The
Vital Ingredients' for
more detail
Sugar Not
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Use metric weighing/
measured measuring devices
correctly
Salt Not
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Use metric weighing/
measured measuring devices
correctly
Water Not
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Use metric weighing/
Liquid measured measuring devices.
correctly See ‘Measuring Up'
for more detail
Too hot/
●
Water must between
Too cold 20
o
-25
o
C
Yeast Not
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Use metric weighing/
measured measuring devices.
correctly See ‘Measuring Up'
for more detail
Bread Not
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Use metric weighing/
Mix measured measuring devices.
correctly See ‘Measuring Up'
for more detail
Used in
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Bread mix must only
place of be used when
flour following specific
recipe for mixes.
Room Too hot
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Room temp must
temp be less than 28
o
C
Too cold
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Room temp must
be more than 10
o
C
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