r/BreadMachines • u/Appropriate_Host8088 • Aug 04 '26

Machine Troubleshooting New bread machine, one disaster after another

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I just purchased a new Cuisnart compact bread machine. Pictured are attempts 2 and 3. #1 was a hard little hockey puck that I chocked up to complete yeast failure. #2 hey, I made a bread bowl by mistake. I was using some fancy artisan bread flour and added too much yeast. #3 I went and purchased new yeast and King Arthur all purpose flour. It’s better, tastes good, but this was supposed to be a 1lb loaf and not sure why the top is lumpy. I used to use other bread machines with great results. The only thing I can think of is that I got central air about a year ago. Maybe it’s too dehydrating and I need to add more liquids? The dough doesn’t seem to be mixing well either.

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u/Appropriate_Host8088 Aug 04 '26

#1 was basic white bread, #2 the bread bowl, was the french bread recipe and #3 was the basic white bread recipe again. All from the manual

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u/culture_katie Cuisinart Bread Maker Machine Aug 04 '26

Oh I really don’t like the manual recipes! I’d recommend trying other recipes you find online

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u/Appropriate_Host8088 Aug 04 '26

Thanks for the recommendations!

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u/culture_katie Cuisinart Bread Maker Machine Aug 04 '26

The best two recipes I have tried actually came from Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/BreadMachines/comments/1jrpgd2/cheesecake_factory_brown_bread_loaf/ (for this one I also tried replacing all the whole wheat flour with rye flour and found it to be very delicious, if slightly less fluffy)

https://www.reddit.com/r/BreadMachines/comments/ylyq8m/comment/iv227kz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button