My breadmaker is on the dough setting and will not beep to let me know when to add ingredients to the dough

i have had a breadmaker for years and had the same problem. bread needs to go into a preheated oven, not one that heats up as it starts to bake your bread. i only let my breadmaker do the hard work (kneading), when it's done the final punch back, i put the dough in a loaf tin to rise, before putting i into a preheated oven. result a perfect lof

Hi friend, that is the wonder of a bread machine! You just put the ingredients in (measured carefully) and it does all the work. You don't have to mix anything!

If your machine is under warranty you should return it per the instructions. If you want to keep the machine and just adjust to the fact that you don't have the beep you can still add ingredients at the right time. Most manuals show the actual time into the program that the add in beep occurs if you find the page that show the length of all the programs. It will look like a big chart.

Invariably the add-in will occur about halfway during the 2nd knead. Even if you don't hear the beep you can set a kitchen timer to alert you during the 2nd knead. Call me if you need further instruction.

yes it is best to add the yeast last. If you are making your bread right away it is ok to just sprinkle it in without worrying about whether it is dead center or not.

I put wet ingredients in first then dry ones. works for me

bobs redmill gluten free mix for bread machines. we just use the standard bake setting but select B for doneness level. found it gets a little too dark on A.

My experience with the machine is that it kneads perfectly, but you have to use ACTIVE DRY YEAST instead of another kind of yeast, and you have to throw the ingredients into the pan in order - do not mix the ingredients at all - just pour them in, and let the machine do the mixing. Except for substituting between BREAD FLOUR and WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, do not substitute any other ingredients. This one is very picky about the type of ingredients that you use - not for the innovator :-)

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Sounds to me like your seal is bad and you need a new bread pan, which includes the seal. Call phone no. in your manual to get the part you need.

My best results

6 heaped tablespoons whole meal
2 heaped tablespoons strong white
2/3 Teaspoons dark brown sugar
A healthy squeeze of tomato puree (adds ascorbic acid and makes the bead last longer)
Pinch of salt
about 3grams dried yeast

select "dough" (9 on mine)

When the program end bake in an oven at gas mark 5

I have never really been satisfied with a square loaf with the paddle hole in it. Also the bread ends up really heavy. I think this is because the bread sweats rather than bakes

The bread-maker is also easier to clean after just making dough, it produces better dough than i can by hand and the machine gets on with it while i can do something else!

Sorry, I don't know too much about breadmakers, but generally speaking, you add ingredients that you want to remain solid later into the mixture. If you add them before the dough is dough-y, then they'll get crushed.