How to Clean a Bosch Bread Maker

The Bosch Universal Kitchen Machine, often referred to as the Bosch bread maker, has several characteristics that earned it its informal moniker. The Bosch has an attachment for every step of the bread making process, including a set of twin beating whisks for mixing wet ingredients, a universal whisk for combining dry ingredients and a dough arm for kneading and mixing dough. Essentially, the only other piece of equipment you need to bake bread is an oven. The Bosch also has a blender attachment, which uses a separate motor from the dough attachments, and a twin-blade attachment, allowing it to function as a food processor. Does this Spark an idea?

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Dish cloth
Mild dish soap
Mild dishwasher detergent
Teaspoon
Vegetable oil

Instructions

- 1
  
  Wipe the power unit, or base, of the bread machine with a damp cloth. Remove the 12-cup plastic bowl by turning it clockwise and lifting it from the base. Wash the 12-cup plastic bowl, cover, disc holder, discs, cover closure and beater attachment in warm soapy water with a sponge. You can also clean the components in the dishwasher with mild detergent. Remove the motor drive cover, wipe it with a damp towel and replace it. Allow the components to air dry.
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  Remove the whisk from the whisk assembly by pulling them out. Insert the handle of a teaspoon to pry up the small gear wheel, which is visible after you remove the whisk, and remove it. Wash the dough hook and whisk assembly and the small gear wheel by hand in warm soapy water and allow them to air dry. Replace the gear wheel and whisk. Wash the whisks and 12-cup plastic bowl in warm soapy water or in the dishwasher and allow them to air dry.
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  Wash the cover, cover closure, blade assembly, blender jar and gasket in the dishwasher with mild detergent or by hand with mild dish soap. Wash the blade assembly with warm-running water without soap. Allow the components to air dry.
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  Remove the stainless steel bowl by turning it to clockwise and lifting it from the base. Remove the drive pin from the bowl. Wash the stainless-steel bowl by hand or in the dishwasher and allow it to air dry. Wash the drive pin and its components -- the gasket and the inner bearing surface -- by hand. Allow the drive pin to air dry and coat them with a thin layer of vegetable oil. Reattach the drive pin to the stainless-steel bowl.