West Bend L4978 User Manual
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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE (continued)
12. Bread doesn’t slice
Sliced while too hot.
Allow bread to cool on rack at least 15 to
well, very sticky.
30 minutes before slicing to release steam.
Not using proper knife.
Use a good bread knife or electric
knife.
13. Open, coarse,
Salt omitted.
Assemble ingredients as listed in
holey texture.
recipe.
Too
much
yeast.
Measure
right
amount
of
recom-
mended yeast.
Too
much
liquid.
Reduce
liquid
by
1
tablespoon.
14. Heavy, dense
Too much flour.
Measure accurately, leveling off measuring cup.
texture.
Not
enough
yeast. Measure
right
amount
of
recommended
yeast.
Not
enough
sugar. Measure
accurately
15. Ingredients
Did not start bread
After programming control panel, press START/
not mixed.
maker.
STOP button to turn bread maker on.
Forgot to put knead
Always make sure knead bar
bar in pan.
is on shaft in bottom of pan
before adding ingredients.
16. Burning odor
Ingredients spilled
Be careful not to spill ingredients
noted during
inside oven.
when adding to pan. Ingredients
operation.
can burn onto heating unit and
cause smoke.
Pan
leaks. Obtain
replacement.
Replacement
pan
may
be
See Warranty section.
Exceeding
capacity
Do
not
use
more
ingredients
than
of
bread
pan.
recommended
in
recipe
and
always
measure
ingredients
accurately.
17. Bread sticks
Can happen over
Wipe inside of bread pan, from
to pan.
prolonged use.
ribs down, lightly with vegetable
oil
or
solid
shortening.
Or
add
1
teaspoon
vegetable
oil
to
liquid
in
pan
before
adding
dry
ingredients.
Do not use a vegetable spray as
sticking can worsen. Or, let bread
sit
in
pan
10
minutes
before
shaking out.
Replacement pan may be ordered.
See Warranty section.
18. Whoops! Machine
If machine in knead cycle, reprogram to the same bread setting and color and
unplugged by mistake or
urn machine back on.
power lost during use. Can
I save the bread?
If machine in rise cycle, remove dough from pan, shape and place in greased
9x5-inch loaf pan, cover and allow to rise until doubled. Bake in preheated
conventional oven at 350º for 40 to 50 minutes or until golden brown.
If machine in bake cycle, preheat conventional oven to 350º and remove top
rack. Carefully remove pan from machine and place on bottom rack in oven.