US 5,510,127 A · Process for making bread in an automatic bread maker

Abstract

Bread is produced in a bread maker by first mixing/kneading the bread ingredients into a dough, allowing the dough to rest and then kneading the dough for a second cycle. During both kneading cycles, a motor driving a kneading blade is repeatedly bi-directionally rotated with intermittent pulses to give a randomness to the flight of the dough. After kneading, the dough is fermented during a first rise cycle. Next, the dough is preheated and degassed before it is fermented for a second rise cycle. After rising, the dough is baked at a high temperature for proper browning of the crust and then the temperature is lowered to complete the baking of the bread. Lastly, the bread is cooled at a gradual rate by intermittently actuating a heater and a fan.

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Dependent claims

A method for making bread from bread ingredients in a bread maker having a motor driving a kneading blade, a heater and a fan, comprising the sequential steps of:

(a) combining the bread ingredients into a dough;
(b) actuating the motor with intermittent pulses for kneading the dough during a first knead cycle;
(c) deactuating the motor for allowing the dough to rest;
(d) actuating the motor with intermittent pulses for kneading the dough during a second knead cycle;
(e) fermenting the dough during a first rise cycle;
(f) degassing the dough;
(g) fermenting the dough during a second rise cycle;
(h) baking the bread at a predetermined first bake temperature during a first bake cycle extending for a variable period of time corresponding to a desired bread crust color;
(i) baking the bread at a temperature lower than the first bake temperature during a second bake cycle;
(j) gradually cooling the bread from the second bake cycle temperature.

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A method for making bread from bread ingredients in a bread maker having a motor driving a kneading blade, a heater and a fan, comprising the sequential steps of:

(a) combining the bread ingredients into a dough;
(b) actuating the motor with intermittent pulses for kneading the dough during a first knead cycle;
(c) deactuating the motor for allowing the dough to rest;
(d) actuating the motor with intermittent pulses for kneading the dough and actuating the fan to reduce sour smells and/or vapors in the dough during a second knead cycle;
(e) fermenting the dough during a first rise cycle;
(f) preheating the dough to a predetermined temperature higher than the temperature during the first rise cycle of step (e);
(g) degassing the dough;
(h) fermenting the dough at the higher predetermined temperature of step (f) during a second rise cycle;
(i) baking the bread at a predetermined first bake temperature during a first bake cycle extending for a variable period of time corresponding to a desired bread crust color;
(j) baking the bread at a temperature lower than the first bake temperature during a second bake cycle;
(k) gradually cooling the bread from the second bake cycle temperature, including intermittently actuating the heater and fan to control the rate of cooling of the bread.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Process for making bread in an automatic bread maker

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Process for making bread in an automatic bread maker

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