Hi Jess,

I found that varying quanintities of the ingredients from the recipe helped fine tune the bread. If the packet bread works it's not the machine that's the problem.

Yours isn't a problem I've had but I'm guessing that you need a bit more water. I've also found that doubling the length of the kneading helps the bread rise better. So play around a bit and experiment.

My machine I do 540g of strong flour (usually a mixture of white and malt/wholemeal flour about 3:1), 320ml of water, a generous dollop of olive oil, half a teaspoon of salt, two teaspoons of yeast (I buy the a big packet Dove's Farm), not the 7g sachets) two tablespoons white sugar, and it comes out fine.

Darren