Bread Maker - worth it?

Ice_2 · 27 September 2008 at 3:22AM

Hi I got my bread maker from boyes cost £19.99 2 years ago...and it was well worth it...I got a bread cook book with it will gluton free recipes in also there are many sites you can get recipes off...my bread maker makes cakes too although it is not that hard to make your own bread from sratch just google gluton free bread recipes...but the smell is none to best you cannot beat home made bread...it tastes sooo good...

Ice_2 · 27 September 2008 at 3:49AM

http://www.glutenfreegoodies.co.nz/Gluten-free-bread-recipes.htm

http://www.glutenfree-foods.co.uk/recipes.php

Becles · 27 September 2008 at 8:35AM

I use mine nearly every day (family of 5!). I tend to just make a basic brown loaf and I know the ingredients by heart now. It just takes seconds to chuck them all in, and then I leave it to do it's stuff.

We've been having home made bread for nearly 3 years now, and I don't think I could go back to shop bought bread as it doesn't taste as nice.

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soba · 27 September 2008 at 9:15AM

Hi Lilith1980, I think you'd be better off looking on the Old Style board for replies. There's loads of people on there who make their own bread and you'll get lots of help and advice. Myself, I have a Panasonic breadmaker, and for ages I've made bread everyday. For you, with your gluten intolerance, it'll be much, much cheaper.

BonBon_3 · 27 September 2008 at 9:18AM

I make bread all the time and have two tips.

1. Use a breadmaker to do the mixing and proving then take out the dough and shape it according to your required type of loaf or rolls etc. prove it again and then bake in a conventional oven.

2. Try the bread mixes from Lidl - delicious - no mixing - all ingredients in one pack.

Enjoy Baking.

Chell · 27 September 2008 at 11:25AM

I make my own now too. I mix it in the breadmaker then bake it in the oven. I know this isn't the most money saving method, it is probably cheaper to bake it in the breadmaker. My breadmaker is very old and basic, it makes a rubbish shape loaf!

OrkneyStar · 27 September 2008 at 12:14PM

Originally Posted by Lilith1980
Anyone make their own bread?
Hope this is in the right place :rolleyes:
I'm gluten intolerant and a piddly little loaf of bread costs me £2. Sometimes the "kind" people at Tescos do two for £3 but not often.
We got some money from our wedding and I thought it might save me a lot of money in the long run to make my own bread. Has anyone had experience? Can they recommend it?
Can you get breadmakers that bake the bread as well?
Thanks

Lilith, I have never made gluten free bread so cannot comment on that specifically, but I presume none of the bread mixes will be much use to you, being as they will have gluten in. I have a gluten free bread recipe, for making it by hand, which is in a library book I have- let me know if you want me to post it. You can make homemade bread without a bread maker- you just need hands, a tin or two and a reliable oven. That way if you try making a couple by hand and it works (taste and price wise) you could invest in a bread maker. £2 a loaf is steep but I am not sure how much the gluten free flour would cost either (although I presume it would work out cheaper). Bread makers can be bought fairly cheaply nowadays- many will do bread (various options), dough cycles (remove the dough and shape/bake how you like) and some even do cakes!
hth

Chell wrote: »

I make my own now too. I mix it in the breadmaker then bake it in the oven. I know this isn't the most money saving method, it is probably cheaper to bake it in the breadmaker. My breadmaker is very old and basic, it makes a rubbish shape loaf!

Chell, my breadmaker makes an ok loaf but I also sometimes bake in the oven, esp if oven on anyway. I also often use the dough cycle and then make rolls to be oven baked.

Pink. · 27 September 2008 at 12:16PM

Hi Lilith,

I do the same as Bonbon and Chell and use the breadmixer to mix the dough then cook it in the oven as I think oven baked bread is a better texture and tastes better than bread from the breadmaker.

There's an earlier thread that should help you so I've added your thread to it.

Pink

Lilith1980 · 27 September 2008 at 3:10PM

Thanks for the replies guys - I know Asda do a gluten free bread flour for £1.77 for 1kg. So this is cheaper than one gluten free loaf right away!

I think I will definitely invest in a bread maker. I have sandwiches each day for lunch so I'm hoping not much of the loaf would go to waste (see as they don't last too long. Maybe I could persuade my hubby to convert if the bread isn't too bad. It cant be much worse than I eat now to be honest! :rotfl:

So what else do I need to buy as well as the bread mix? Do I need yeast etc?

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