Panasonic breadmaker gurus required - advice please

[catinthehat]

I've just bought a Panasonic 253 and am slavishly following my first recipe. Now then - do I add the teaspoonful of yeast as per the recipe and keep the rest in the little 7 gram sachet? Or do I throw caution to the wind and chuck the whole sachet in, (as the yeast manufacturer implies it's OK for a large loaf)?

Ok, will experiment without vit C and see how it goes.

Laa - I find my loaves come out a wee bit lopsided as well - but have baked only on medium crust, and it seems to come out brown enough. Book suggests lopsidedness due to not enough liquid/too much flour - maybe experiment?

can't remember who asked, but we buy doves farm yeast from lakeland

you stick to the amounts and save the rest. It also tends to rise more in summer or a very warm house, compared to winter. Having said that whenever I try it something goes horribly wrong. DH on the other hand uses it most days with no problems at all 0 must just be incompetent