I made a loaf of Mike Avery's 100 percent whole wheat sourdough bread
last night ( http://www.sourdoughhome.com/100percentwholewheat.html )
and it turned out great.

I added the ingredients and set it on the dough cycle. A few minutes
later I checked the dough cycle and it was too wet, so I added more
flour. At the end of the mixing cycle I checked it and it was still to
wet. I started the cycle again and added more flour. At the end of
the mixing cycle it turned out just fine and passed the window pane
test.

Then I took it out of the machine and followed the remaining
instructions like I had kneaded it by hand. The loaf turned out
wonderfully and my wife and I ate 1/3 of it for a bedtime snack with
butter and honey.
Russ

On Dec 24, 5:34 am, wrote:
> i use the knead Dough only setting,
> then shut the machine off
>
> then i check back after XXX minutes
> [i have a nice loud portable timer]
> some trials needed for rising times
>
> i can now bake in the machine, or let rise longer,
> or if not happy - knead again, etc etc
>
> sometimes, if not happy with the rise,
> i can Bake for a few minutes, and shut off,
> just to raise the temperature in the the pan
>
> my point is,
> my "automatic" machine can also be run "manually"
>
> waterboy