Top 20 Black & Decker Bread Machine Questions & Answers

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Could be old flour or old yeast, not enough fluid. And the temperature of your kitchen. Usually half a cup of raisins and usually there is a beep when to add, but can be added the second knead cycle. depends on the recipes. Also, I find that if you roll the raisins in a dusting of flour it helps them distribute through the loaf better.

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Look for gluten free recipes that incorporate guar gum and / or xanthan gum (which you can get at health food stores: inexpensive and they go a long way.) Once you get an idea of quantities, you can experiment with adding them to your own favourite gluten-free recipes. These natural ingredients are what many commercial gluten-free bread makers use.

Seal is blown. Need to replace the pan.

This is perfectly normal for the whole wheat setting. Because it is a heaver bread the flour has to soften a bit before it starts to kneed. I use this setting a lot with perfect results.

Gluten free recipes are thicker and stickier than wheat and will probably wreck your bread maker. I had a 2500 model and it broke while making a gluten free bread, so yours will likely be the same. I found it best to keep the dough more liquidy than solid to avoid extra strain on the motor and paddles, but it will affect the outcome. There are lots of gluten free recipes on the internet, just do a simple web search.

Do you have your old belt? If you do, email me the numbers/letters off of the side of the belt.....they will look similar to this: STS 80 S3M 561 you can email me the belt code to [email protected] and I'll let you know if I have one in stock.

These are fussy models and have lots of issues - if you are still covered under warranty just contact B & D, they were great at sending me a new model after mine broke under warranty. It sounds like yours is broken beyond repair, it is likely cheaper to replace it. Try contacting the company, they should be able to help you best.

Please answer these 2 questions. Are you making white or wheat bread? What kind of flour are you using? Is it all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, or bread flour? You can reach me at [email protected]

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I did a search with google+ and found it. check the result page hererecipes are also in.... looks good!

When your machine started kneading did you notice if the ingredients were actually mixing? Sometimes the drive belts on bread machine break and there is no mixing (the paddle doesn't spin around)

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That sounds like a serious problem. Recommend you replace your pan assembly and paddles. What make and model is your bread machine?

Black and Decker machines go through a warm - up phase and don't start mixing right away. If your machine still hasn't started mixing after 30 minutes contact breadmachineshelp.com

If you can get the bottom panel off your machine you will probably find that your drive belt has broken.....I sell the drive belts for bread machines....get the code off of your old belt and send it to me at my website breadmachineshelp.com the code will look something like this: STS60S3M471 I may have yours in stock.

A couple of ideas. Firstly get fresh yeast, I use active dry yeast from the bulk barn, it is way cheaper than "breadmaker yeast" and I use a bit more. When I want more rise to my bread, I add an egg, which works wonders.

The Use and Care Manual for your Black & Decker B2250 All-In-One Automatic Breadmaker can be dowloaded in PDF from the following link:http://useandcaremanuals.com/pdf/B220,B2250984.pdfFollow a recipe similar to that for Dinner Rolls on Page 19 where you would use the Dough Setting to allow the dough to be removed for shaping and baking in your regular oven.

Be sure you follow the recipe carefully. If you are already doing that consider using 1/2 teaspoon less yeast and 1-2 tablespoons less liquid. Also anytime a loaf is close to pushing the lid up just plunge a wooden shiska bob stick down into the loaf a couple of times and the gas in the loaf will leak out and it will settle down. Do this quickly and close the lid.