In article >,
RsH > wrote:

> I've looked at recipes at King Arthur, for things like French Bread
> made in the bread machine. Every one of their recipes seems to assume
> that you can NOT have a rest period for temperature equalization
> somehow... That you can turn it off so that the machine starts
> kneading your dough immediately, and that if you want to do a second
> knead you can simply stop the machine when it finishes the first knead
> and restart it immediately.
>
> I have a Black and Decker, and there is NO WAY that can be done with
> these machines. All Black and Decker bread makers have a built in
> temperature equalization rest period when you press the start button,
> of about 20 minutes. Then it will start kneading, with 2 minutes of
> pulse kneading, followed by the reqular kneading.
>
> So what does one do if they have that type of bread machine? I've
> never figured out how to immediately restart the knead if the machine
> does not permit it. I do NOT want to knead by hand instead, so do not
> suggest that is the solution.
>
> There are thousands of Black and Decker bread machines in use,
> incidentally, here in Canada. They are sold by Sears, Canadian Tire,
> Wal-Mart, Zellers, etc. all over the country. Not one cycle in any of
> them that I am aware of that does not have that temperature
> equalization period, except for the newest machine with a jam feature.
> It MAY have a jam cycle without that rest period... I just do not
> know.
>
> FWIW
>
> RsH

I'd be sorely tempted to ask King Arthur and tell them what you've
posted here.

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