January 14, 2024 - 8:55am
Bread shape
First time, making a loaf of bread in my zojirushi…. The bread looks good, smells delicious, and seems to be a great texture, however, with the double paddles in the machine, it seems to keep it separated and almost make two loaves connected to each other. How do I make it look like one big loaf?
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If you have a Windows computer, you can install Irfanview, a free and very good image viewer program. It can downsize photos so that the site can use them. I use it to convert 6MB jpeg files to 200 KB ones for TFL.
TomP
The Windows Photos app also has the ability to resize images. I use it all the time to post images here and when I attach them to email.
So if
A. Post the photo to FB (. You can make the posting private) then upload the photo back to your phone/PC. It will. Magically be automatically resized.
B. Text message the image to yourself. The same will be accomplished.
Kind regards,
Will F.
I texted it to myself and it resized to 1.7mb but still won’t upload
If you are using a phone. You will find the resized image under files message images. The FB method works too.
I'm not familiar with the workings of your machine, but a couple thoughts come to mind. It appears (to me, and I'm no bread expert) that slightly more dough could have been used. Bread machines often give recipes for two sizes, though, so that shouldn't be a problem. The other thing is: was the hydration high enough? A sticky dough would be more likely to amalgamate than a dry one.
The work-around would be to remove the dough as it begins its last rise before baking, shape it and put it back. While you're at it, you could remove the paddles to prevent holes in the bread.
I suspect the final solution will be in the quantities/percentages of ingredients.
https://forum.breadtopia.com/t/not-a-fail-it-just-looks-funny/
an informative link, Abe.
For pictures, I use the screen capture (ctrl-shift-4) and it is really fast.
I bake in zojirushi all the time. Maybe you can reshape your loaf and put it into your own pan. After the final rise, bake it in the Zojirushi. Do not use the Zo mixing/baking vessel. Take it out and then prop your own loaf pan (filled with dough) on the metal platform at the base of the baking chamber or put a little rack in to prop up your pan. Here is a picture. I hope you will get an improvement. Using Zoji is really a handy and excellent way to bake.