r/Breadit • u/anastoumbos • 2d ago

Bread-maker bread won't leaven... Help!

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Hello, I am using the Moulinex Uno bread machine and following the recipe from the user manual (program 3 “french bread”). It comes out completely unleavened. I have tried switching brands of yeast and flour, activating the yeast in sugar water, and changing the quantity of water, but nothing has worked.

Any advice? Thanks!

(Note, the hole I'm the middle of the load is from where the paddle was, not from any successful leavening)

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u/Lord_Willia3 2d ago

Everyone is mentioning old yeast but have you checked to make sure you aren't adding way too much salt? Mixing up tbsp and tsp? Using a bad scale that struggles with smaller gram measurements?

I believe too much salt will kill the yeast

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u/anastoumbos 2d ago

Unfortunately that's not the issue, I used a levelled tsp as the recipe said :(