Converting Bread Recipes For Breadmaker

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Calculate the number of "loaves" in a non-ABM recipe by allowing 3
cups of flour per "loaf" (or 2 cups flour for a 1-lb machine).
Rounding off is fine; if a recipe calls for 5 cups flour, I figure
that's close enough to 2 loaves for government work.  Remember to add
in ALL the flours, if there's bread flour plus WW flour plus rye  flour
plus ... you get the idea. Most handmade bread recipes seem to  make 2
loaves.  (2). Have MM resize it to 1 loaf.  3. Manually change the
yeast and sugar amounts to whatever suits your  machine.  In my R2D2,
1/2 tb yeast and 1/2 tb sugar are optimum.  (If  you don't know what
works best in your machine, don't try altering  recipes yet! Try a
number of different ABM recipes and start looking  for a pattern. What
amounts give the best results?)  If the amount  the resized recipe
calls for is dramatically different from what you  know works in your
machine, don't worry.  Stick with what works in  your machine. (This
does not apply to sweet breads; since my R2D2  doesn't produce usable
sweet breads, I've not tried to convert sweet  bread recipes and have
no guidelines to suggest.)  4. Add the dry ingredients and
oil/butter/eggs to the machine.  Measure out the liquid and pour in
HALF of the measured amount.  (If  your machine calls for putting in
the liquid first, and you're  terrified to use a different ingredient
order, put only HALF the  measured amount of liquid in.) Start the
machine and let knead a few  minutes. Add remaining liquid, a little at
a time, until the dough is  the right consistency. (Again, if you
haven't used your ABM enough to  recognize the right consistency when
you see/feel it, don't start  adapting recipes yet.) You may need to
add more liquid, or you may  have liquid left over. Make a note of how
much liquid you actually  used.  5. When the bread is done, evaluate.
Didn't rise enough?  Add  another 1/8 cup liquid next time.
Overflowed?  Reduce the liquid by  1/8 cup. I don't remember the last
time I had to adjust anything  except the liquid.  MM by Sylvia
Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253, Internet
sylvia.steiger@lunatic.com, moderator of GT Cookbook and PlanoNet
Lowfat & Luscious echoes Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #209  Date:
Sat, 3 Aug 1996 09:12:05 -0500  From: pickell@cyberspc.mb.ca
(S.Pickell)

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