Oster 4807 User Guide
Basic Ingredients
Yeast
Yeast is actually a microscopic plant. Simply stated, without yeast, your bread will not rise. When moistened
by a liquid, fed by sugar, and
warmed, yeast produces gases which power the
to rise. If
temperature is too
the yeast will not be activated;
too warn, it will die.
The Sunbeam Deluxe Bread
and Dough Maker takes care of this worry for you maintaining just the
temperature in the baking
chamber at
times. You can use either “active dry yeas?, quick acting”, “rapid rise yeast” or one of the
“Bread machine yeasts” in your Sunbeam Bread Maker.
Sugars
Sugars sweeten the bread, brown the crust, and lend tenderness to the texture. These jobs can be
by
white or brown sugar, molasses, maple or corn syrups, honey,
or other sweeteners.
Flour
In
the bread to rise, the flour has to have a high protein content. You
use a ‘bread
flour” (for white bread recipes) in your bread maker to get the best results. Do not use all-purpose, cake
or
Unlike white
who/e wheatflour contains bran and
which inhibit rising. Wheat breads
therefore tend to be heavier in texture
in
A lighter larger
can be achieved by combining
whole wheat flour with white
wheat bread recipes.
liquids
When liquids are mixed with the proteins in flour,
is formed. Gluten is necessary for rising. Many
recipes use
milk, but other liquids, such as
beer, and water work too.
a delicate balance: A
recipe with too much liquid may cause the bread to fall during baking while a recipe with too
not
Salt inhibits rising, so be very careful measuring. Any ordinary table salt will do.
Fats
Many breads use fats to enhance the flavor and retain moisture. Typically, we use
in these recipes,
but butter may also be used.