http://www.notyourmotherscookbook.com/valley-of-fruit/ Home of the Not Your Mother's® Cookbook series, by the Harvard Common Press Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.notyourmotherscookbook.com/valley-of-fruit/#comment-65 Beth Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:55:35 +0000 http://www.notyourmotherscookbook.com/591/#comment-65 I am assuming that you mean that recipes are usually written for a 2-pound loaf in the bread machine and you want to increase to a 3-pound loaf. First, not knowing the machine you own, I have to give you some general answers. Refer to your manufacturer's booklet that accompanied your machine when you bought it. Look at the recipes and find a recipe similar to the one you wish to make. Use that recipe as a guide to increasing your proportions. Most bread recipes are quite similar. To practice, start with something simple, like a white bread or whole wheat bread that will be baked in the machine. You will also need to get familiar with the way your machine works. Second, to go from a 2- to 3-pound loaf, you will divide the 2-pound proportions in half and add that to the original 2-pound loaf. In essence you are increasing the proportions by half again to make a 3-pound loaf. Of course if you are using the dough cycle, as long as you don't exceed the total flour and liquid amount for the 3-pound loaf as designated in your recipe booklet, you can do any amount on dough cycle and bake outside the machine, such as for pizza dough. You will need to write your new recipes down in the margins of your cookbook so as to be able to recreate them again if they are successful and not have to recalculate all over again. In any brand machine, the best rule for a bread baker is practice. Good Luck. BH I am assuming that you mean that recipes are usually written for a 2-pound loaf in the bread machine and you want to increase to a 3-pound loaf. First, not knowing the machine you own, I have to give you some general answers. Refer to your manufacturer’s booklet that accompanied your machine when you bought it. Look at the recipes and find a recipe similar to the one you wish to make. Use that recipe as a guide to increasing your proportions. Most bread recipes are quite similar. To practice, start with something simple, like a white bread or whole wheat bread that will be baked in the machine. You will also need to get familiar with the way your machine works. Second, to go from a 2- to 3-pound loaf, you will divide the 2-pound proportions in half and add that to the original 2-pound loaf. In essence you are increasing the proportions by half again to make a 3-pound loaf. Of course if you are using the dough cycle, as long as you don’t exceed the total flour and liquid amount for the 3-pound loaf as designated in your recipe booklet, you can do any amount on dough cycle and bake outside the machine, such as for pizza dough. You will need to write your new recipes down in the margins of your cookbook so as to be able to recreate them again if they are successful and not have to recalculate all over again. In any brand machine, the best rule for a bread baker is practice. Good Luck. BH

]]> http://www.notyourmotherscookbook.com/valley-of-fruit/#comment-21 Judith Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:10:50 +0000 http://www.notyourmotherscookbook.com/591/#comment-21 Could you tell me please how to make a bread machine recipe larger? My machine makes 2, 2.5 & 3 lb loaf sizes. Is there a formula? Could you tell me please how to make a bread machine recipe larger? My machine makes 2, 2.5 & 3 lb loaf sizes. Is there a formula?

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