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User Manual &
Bread Recipes
2 lb. EXPRESSBAKE™
Breadmaker
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Important Safeguards When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should always be followed including the following: 1 Read all instructions, product labels and warnings before using the breadmaker. 2 Do not touch hot surfaces. Always use oven mitts when handling hot materials, and allow metal parts to cool before cleaning. Allow the breadmaker to cool thoroughly before putting in or taking off parts. 3 When unit is not in use and before cleaning, unplug the breadmaker from wall ou
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Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Chapter 2: Let’s Bake Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Chapter 3: Overview of Breadmaker Features . . .12 Chapter 4: EXPRESSBAKE™: Baking Bread in Under 1 Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Chapter 5: Using the Delay Timer . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Tips and Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Measurement Equivalency Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Taking Care of Your Bread Ma
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Getting Started Place the breadmaker on a 1 counter where the plug will reach an outlet. DO NOT yet plug the machine into the wall outlet. You will be shown later when to do this. Make sure you can open the breadmaker top without hitting the top of kitchen cabinets. Open the lid and remove the 2 baking pan. To do this, simply grasp the handle of the pan and pull straight up. Use a gentle, non-abrasive soap and wash, rinse, and dry the pan thoroughly. 2
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Attach the kneading blade to 3 the baking pan, as shown. You will find the kneading blade in a small plastic wrap attached to the power cord. Set the pan aside. Do not yet place the pan into the 4 breadmaker. You’re ready to start! 3
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Let’s Bake Bread The simplest way to learn how to bake bread is to follow a basic recipe. The following recipe is easy and the bread is delicious. Before you begin • Make sure you have the following measuring equipment: — Liquid measuring cup — Dry measuring cups — Measuring spoons • You will need the following ingredients: — Water — Butter/Margarine — Salt — Bread flour (be sure to buy bread flour, preferably for breadmakers) — Dry milk — Sugar — Active, fast rising yeast 4
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Measuring THE most important secret of making bread. Exact measurements. That’s the key to successfully baking bread. Exact measurements. With wet ingredients, use ONLY measuring cups with the cups/ ounces marked clearly on the side. After filling the measuring cup, place it on a flat surface and view it at eye level to make sure the amount of liquid is exact. Then, double check. With dry ingredients, always “level off” the measurement with the back of a knife or a spatula to make sure the measu
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Temperatures too cool or too high can affect the way the bread rises and bakes. Last, it’s a good idea to start with all new, fresh ingredients (especially fresh flour and yeast). Now, let’s try a simple (but really good) recipe. 6
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Traditional White Bread 2 lb. loaf 1 + 1/3 cups water 2 teaspoons salt 4 teaspoons softened 2 teaspoons active dry butter or margarine yeast 4 cups bread flour 2 tablespoons sugar 4 teaspoons dry milk Carefully measure 1 and 1/3 1 cups water. Remember, use water that is room temperature. DO NOT use very hot or very cold water. It’s a good idea to view the measuring cup at eye level to make sure you have measured exactly 1 and 1/3 cups. Pour the water into the bread 2 pan. Carefully measure 4 te
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This takes care of all of the liquid ingredients for the recipe. Next come the dry ingredients. Measure 4 cups of bread flour. Make sure not to 4 “overpack” the flour into the cup. To avoid over packing, a good trick is to fill the measuring cup to overflowing, then tap the side of the cup with a knife or spatula to remove air pockets. Level off the measuring cup with the knife or spatula. Pour the flour into the bread pan. Measure 2 tablespoons of sugar. Again, make sure to 5 level off the tabl
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Carefully snap the baking 9 pan into the breadmaker. Close the lid of the bread machine and plug the power 10 cord into the wall outlet. The following things will happen. The machine will “beep,” and the lights of the display will turn on. The time setting will say “3:00” hours. Repeatedly press the “Crust Color” button to select the 11 kind of crust you want. For this recipe we recommend “Medium.” Depending on the crust color you select, the arrow will be pointing to either light, medium or da
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Press the “Start/Stop” button and your machine will start 12 making bread. You will hear the breadmaker begin to mix the ingredients. Important: Do NOT press the “Start/Stop” button while the breadmaker is making bread. If you do, the machine will turn off and you will need to start over again, from scratch. Important: You should not raise the lid for this recipe. (For other recipes you try later, you will need to raise the lid to add nuts, fruits, or other ingredients.) Caution: The breadmake
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After the bread is baked Caution: Do not put your face near the lid when you open the breadmaker. Hot steam may escape that could burn you. Important: The breadmaker has an automatic “keep warm” setting that will keep your bread warm for up to one hour. We recommend however to remove the bread from the breadmaker right away to preserve its freshness. Use pot holders or oven mitts to 1 carefully lift the pan by its handle from the breadmaker. Turn the pan upside down onto a 2 cooling rack and gen
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Overview of Breadmaker Features 3 Timer Set 4 1 Basic Breads 1 • Regular Select 2 • Large 3 • Large Dark Whole Wheat 2 4 • Regular 5 • Large 6 • Large Rapid Start Specialty 5 7 • French 8 • Sweet 9 • Dough 10 • Cake/Quick Bread Stop 1 Select button Press this button to select the kind of bread you want to make. Each time you press the button you will hear a beep, and the number of the bread setting will appear on the display. For example: Basic is 1, Whole Wheat is 2, French is 3, etc. (For mo
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2 Crust Color button The Crust Color button allows you to choose how light or dark to make the crust of the bread. Each time you press the Crust Color button the display will change as follows: L-Light= L P-Medium=P H-Dark= H In addition, the display will show the cycle number before the crust color setting. For example: the Basic with a Medium crust reads, “1P.” Or the Whole Wheat bread setting with a dark crust reads “2H.” 3 Display The Display shows the following settings: • The number of the
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5 Start/Stop button Press this button to start and stop your breadmaker. Important: Do not press “Stop” when making bread because this will cancel the entire cycle and you will need to start from scratch. Breadmaker Settings Your breadmaker can bake almost any kind of bread. We provide recipes that clearly show you which setting you should use. 1. Basic (Time: 3 hours) 2. Whole Wheat (Time: 3 hours, 40 minutes) 3. French (Time: 3 hours, 50 minutes) 4. Sweet (Time: 2 hours, 50 minutes) 5. EXPRESS
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4 Sweet The sweet setting is for baking breads with high amounts of sugar, fats, and proteins, all of which tend to increase browning. 5 EXPRESSBAKE™ (58 minutes) Use this setting to for baking bread in under one hour. (please see page 16). 6 EXPRESSBAKE™ (80 minutes) Use this setting to quickly bake larger loaves of bread (please see page 16). 7 Dough This setting lets you prepare dough for rolls, specialty breads, pizza, etc. which you shape by hand, allow to rise, then bake in a conventional
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EXPRESSBAKE™: Making Bread in Under 1 Hour ® Your Oster breadmaker can bake great bread in under one hour. This is called the “EXPRESSBAKE™” setting. Loaves baked on the EXPRESSBAKE™ setting are a little different than loaves not baked on EXPRESSBAKE™ settings. Try all the different settings to see which one you prefer. There are two EXPRESSBAKE™ settings: • One setting can bake bread in 58 minutes. 5 :P The bread is a little more dense in texture Timer Set with this setting. Basic Breads 1 • R
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• The other setting is for baking loaves in 1 6 :P hour 20 minutes. The Timer Set loaves baked with this setting are a little taller and more airy than the 58 Basic Breads 1 • Regular minute breads. Select 2 • Large 3 • Large Dark Whole Wheat 4 • Regular 5 • Large 6 • Large Rapid Start Specialty 7 • French 8 • Sweet 9 • Dough 10 • Cake/Quick Bread 11 • Jam Stop There are a few things you should know about the EXPRESSBAKE™ settings that are different than the other settings. — Loaves baked on E
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— If you wish to bake another loaf of bread, you must let the breadmaker cool for 20 minutes with the cover open. — YOU CAN use standard bread mixes for EXPRESSBAKE™ setting breads, but the results may not be as good as the ® results when using your Oster Breadmaker recipes within this book. EXPRESSBAKE™ Setting Tips and Hints Yeast ® ™ Always use a fast rising yeast like Red Star Quick•Rise yeast. DO NOT use active dry yeast for EXPRESSBAKE™ settings because the loaves will be much shorter whe
