Hmmm... interesting results

So... I followed a advice of a friend, Nicole. I added less water, 1 & 1/3 cup of water. I DID add olive oil but forgot to put it in right at first and scrambled to put it in as the machine had just started it's cycle (I'm real smart, :I).

The results are certainly the best I've had so far in a matter of speaking, but the bread was still not edible.

I was told by a few to just play around with the recipe and tweak things, but that is a hard thing to do if you don't even know the basics of bread making, such as the relationship between yeast and salt... or how to troubleshoot different results.

I've just found this website which I thought was great as it gives pictures and lists of instructions on bread making. It has a troubleshooting page with pics of problematic results and what the causes may have been. (I'm a VERY visual person)

Here is the site:

It gave me a few ideas I might try. I might try switching over to "bread flour" instead of all-purpose, I might also try my filtered Brita water, as I was using my tap water before cause I wanted "lukewarm" water. I might also try adding some lemon juice (my flour package also suggested this).

I'll let you know what the results are.