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I use my bread machine in the dough cycle only. I have a smaller machine, for a 1 1/2 pound loaf. The owner's manual says I should have no more than 3 cups of dry ingredients in my recipe. Well, I've been looking for a recipe for Polish "nun" bread (that's what I Googled and what came up is just like the bread my aunt the nun would bring at holidays ) and the smallest recipe I can find is for 3 1/2 cups flour.
After thinking on this for a while, I'm guessing the admonition to max out the dry ingredients at three cups is because any more than that would overflow the bread pan if I'm baking the bread in the machine. This wouldn't be an issue with moving the dough to a traditional bread pan to bake in an oven.
Should I be OK with having 3 1/2 cups of flour in the bread machine when in the dough cycle? Or would that extra half-cup (plus % of all the other ingredients) put a strain on the motor and kill it?
After thinking on this for a while, I'm guessing the admonition to max out the dry ingredients at three cups is because any more than that would overflow the bread pan if I'm baking the bread in the machine. This wouldn't be an issue with moving the dough to a traditional bread pan to bake in an oven.
Should I be OK with having 3 1/2 cups of flour in the bread machine when in the dough cycle? Or would that extra half-cup (plus % of all the other ingredients) put a strain on the motor and kill it?