How many rise cycles does the b2300 have in the rapid bake 1 & 2 ?

This is probably caused by a large bubble forming in the dome. Try cutting back on the yeast by a half teaspoon. Bread maker recipes are a hit or miss situation.

Rapid Cycle White Bread

• 1-2/3 cups warm tap water
• 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4-1/2 cups bread flour or regular white flour
• 2 tablespoons dry milk powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Measure the ingredients into the bread pan in the order listed. Make a well in the flour and sprinkle the yeast into it. Set the machine to it's Rapid or Quick Cycle. On my machine this lasts for 80 minutes, or 1 1/3 hours. Press Start, and let the machine work it's magic. Remove the cooked bread from the pan after baking and allow it to cool before slicing.

Which program are you choosing on your bread machine? It sounds like you might have chosen the "bake" program. Is that correct?

Accurate measured ingredients, fresh and best ingredients (especially yeast and flour), warm liquid (110 degrees), use peanut oil instead of butter (raises well and stays fresh longer), pkg. Rapid Rise yeast is same as bottled bread machine yeast and is always fresher (1 pkg equals 2 1/4 tsp.so use jarred yeast for odd amounts, ie. 5 tsp=2 pkgs + 1/2 tsp from jar). Wheat bread will rise good and drop a little but stays good for slicing. Oster's pan is too large so I cut loaf in half length ways for smaller and easy to slice pieces.

Hi Chris,
You can take the paddle out of the machine after the final kneading cycle and before the final rise cycle. Take the whole pan out of the machine to do this to be safe, or use a pause button if you have one. Hank

For the B&D All-in-one, on pg 12 it says "Press the 'start' button. For most programs, there will be a 15-minute delay before mixing cycle begins."

When I'm impatient, I use one of the cycles that does not have a delay (e.g. Rapid Bake 2

Since this is a 3 pound loaf and most others are 1 1/2 or 2 pounds, the recipes will need to be modified. I found that this machine has mostly negative reviews. Just doubling a 1 1/2 loaf recipe won't necessarily work, since it needs more time to rise. Try moist yeast, instead of dry yeast. It MIGHT help.

you will want the rapid rise yeast. you instruction book will also tell you what yeast to get for the type of bread you are going to make.

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