Welcome to the Bread Machine Academy!
“Learn the skills, techniques, ingredients, and troubleshooting tips that will help you bake better bread with confidence!”
Whether you’ve just unboxed your first bread machine or you’ve been baking for years, The Bread Machine Academy is your place to learn everything that isn’t a recipe. From understanding flour and yeast to troubleshooting dense loaves and getting the most from your dough cycle, you’ll find it all here.
Start here…
New to bread machines? Start with these beginner-friendly guides and then learn how to bake your first loaf!
How Bread Machines Work
Learn what happens during each stage of the bread-making process and what your machine is doing behind the scenes.
Understanding Bread Ingredients
Discover what each ingredient does and why small changes can make a big difference to your bread.
Common Bread Machine Mistakes
Avoid the most common beginner mistakes and learn how to fix them so can make great bread every time!
Bake Your First Loaf!
Everything you need to know before making your first successful loaf in a bread machine – from start to finish!
Build Your Bread Machine Skills…
Ready to go beyond the basics? These guides will help you understand your machine even better and start baking with more confidence.
Understanding the Dough Ball
Learn what a perfect dough ball looks like and when to add more flour or water.
Bread Machine Cycles Explained
So what do Basic/White, Dough, French, Whole Wheat and Sweet cycles actually do?
Bread Flour vs All-Purpose Flour
Which type of flour should you use, for what type of bread, why and can you substitute them?
Bread Machine Yeast vs Active Dry Yeast
Are they really different, when do you add them and can you swap them?
Get More From Your Bread Machine…
Most bread machines can do far more than bake a simple white loaf. Discover the different doughs, recipes, and techniques you can make!
Using the Dough Cycle
Discover why the dough cycle is one of the most useful features on your bread machine and what you can make with it.
Beyond Sandwich Bread
Dinner rolls, pizza dough, bagels and sweet doughs – your bread machine can make far more than everyday loaves!
Enriched Dough Explained
Learn what makes brioche, cinnamon rolls, challah and other enriched doughs different from basic bread, and try out some recipes!
Freezing Bread Machine Dough
Save time and prep ahead by freezing bread machine dough for fresh homemade baking whenever you need it!
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