December 15, 2011 - 7:47am
Paddle in bread machine
Hi,
I'm sure this must of been asked before but I did a search and couldn't find so, here's the problem.
I've been making bread for a year now with a breadmachine. I really love the bread but the hole in the bottom created by the paddle is frustrating as heck. I don't mind a small hole but lots of times, it's a huge hole. I tried oiling (cooking oil) the shaft inside the paddle, tried oiling the outside of the paddle etc.. and nothing helps. Does anyone have any tips to avoid a big hole?
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Depending on your bread machine, you could pull the paddle out after it deflates the dough for the 2nd rise.
If the above doesn't work then I would take it to the next level since you obviously desire a better product. You could mix the dough in the bread machine and then form it into buns, loaves, retard it, do pretty much anything.
I started with a bread machine myself about 10 years ago. Since then I've stopped using it and learned so much about poolish, pate fermentée , bigas, pastries, cold retarding dough, etc etc.
I stopped using the bread machine just because I hated that paddle imbedding thing! Never thought of taking it out after the kneading was done... still I agree there are so many better ways to make better bread... love the prefermenting and the sourdoughs and using bigas etc...
I did remove the paddle once before the baking and it was great. Problem is with my busy schedule, I usually put the ingredients at night and let it do it's job over night. There' s new bread maker machine that came out that has a collapsible paddle. I looked at it and it seems cheap; not sure + the pan is small.
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After the last punch down(stir down), remove the dough, remove the paddle(s) from the shaft(s), shape loaf and place back into pan for final rise and bake.
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2011/04/18/zo-handy-cheese-bread-and-baked-pasta-without-the-fuss/
Of course this does not apply for automatic, delayed mix/bake.