I was interested to see that other people have problems with their
Hitachi as well. I have had mine for a year now and just about went
crazy with it for the first 4 months. My mother has one also and
doesn't like hers either.
I too have problems with the bread rising. It seems to do fine on
the first rise, (sometimes) and then doesn't rise enough on the
second rise.
I have tried everything, and have decided that it is just a bad
machine. I am waiting for it to die so that I can go buy a better
one. I have tried all different brands of bread flours, about 5
different kinds of yeast, I have switched to distilled water, you
name it I've tried it. Now I let the machine mix the dough and let
it do the first rise. I then take it out, put it in a pan, preheat
the oven to 150 turn off the oven, let it rise again and bake it in the
oven. It always comes out perfect
when I do this. I have a clay bread pan I use that works well or do
a free form on a pizza stone. I make a lot of sourdough and find
that there is no way they will come out good in the machine. They
come out so much better in the oven that I don't even consider the
machine anymore. I'm planning on buying a Zojirushi just as soon as
my machine goes.
Another frustrated Hitachi owner,
Cindy
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I Wish I were Golfing
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Cindy Bombassei
Robert Rauzi
Brownsburg, Indiana