Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a day; recipe at post 30

annifranakapan

npsmama wrote: »

To answer a few questions:
- i use my Kenwood Chef bowls with a shower cap on top.

:T :T :A Eureka! You've made my day with this tip. I too use my Kenwood and would never have thought of doing this. I normally use a damp tea towel or oiled clingfilm. A shower cap makes sooooooo much sense.

I can't tell you how delighted I am with this:T Thank You.

Anni

npsmama

The shower cap thing changed my life too!

twink

can you give me an idea of oven temp and approx timing please

mioliere

I'm kicking myself now for not thinking about using a shower cap! What a brilliant idea. I can tell this is going to be a great thread. The invitation from Npsmamma to ask questions is going to be irresistible! I bought my first breadmaker last year - it's my proud boast that it cost me £7, unused, from a charity shop, and I am delighted with it. I haven't bought bread from a shop since then. The favourite loaf in this house is one taken from a recipe for soft rolls; I make two loaves from that by letting the machine make the dough, then I leave it to rise, shape the loaves (they look VERY rustic!) and bake them in the oven. The bread is delicious. At the moment, I am costing it at 16p per loaf but my supermarket, the Co-op, has not increased the price of Dove's organic bread flour for ages. I pay £1.23 a bag but I've seen it elsewhere at £1.68 so that's quite a saving. I use two thirds white flour and one third wholemeal.

The only thing I hate doing is getting the yeast from the little sachets into the tiny measuring spoons and have often wondered if I could empty them all into one container. I'd be very grateful if someone could help me with that one. I waste such a lot the way I do it.

Thanks to GreenManGo for starting such a great thread!

Fivenations

Mioliere
Doves sell a pack of quick yeast that works really well - no sachets to cut open. I tip the contents into a jar and keep in the fridge. Last time I bought it it cost 99p. I buy mine from Waitrose and yu cana slo get it from Lakeland.

natzini

Sounds wonderful!
I don't have a Kenwood Chef, only an FP108, so am trying to find a decent enough bowl... perhaps a regular mixing bowl or is that too small?

thriftlady_2

Thanks to npsmama for answering our questions:T Another one -can you sub some of the flour for wholemeal bread flour ?

flourgirl

found this on google

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMxJgIpe38Q

npsmama Thanks for answering the above questions.
I'm going to be cheeky and ask is it possible for you to post the brioche recipe pleeeease?

Just had a quick look at the above web site and can't find it anywhere, but the apricot and vanilla cream brioche look delish.

I can feel the diet going straight out of the window.....

Thanks

whatatwit

Thanks Flourgirl for the YouTube link....that shows just how easy it is.

Mioliere.....I had some of the sachets, I opened them all and poured into a little tub, that now lives in my fridge. The Doves Farm brick (orange) is good also.

Justamum

mioliere wrote: »

. . . Dove's organic bread flour for ages. I pay £1.23 a bag but I've seen it elsewhere at £1.68 so that's quite a saving.

I've been buying it from Tesco's recently. It started off at 90p a bag, and has been coming down and last time it was 75p a bag.