Panasonic Breadmakers Tips and Quick Questions Thread

Sunnyday

twiggy100 wrote: »

Has anyone every tried to make cakes in their BM? I ask as we have recently moved and our new oven is truley rubbish. It would be great if I could make teabread type cakes again.

I made a cinnamon and raisin cake (think thats which one it was) and i couldn`t stand all the faffing about lining the pan with greaseproof paper, next time i made one i didn`t bother and it was quite crusty so we used it in the toaster with butter spread on top

These days if a make a cake i use the remoska and just double the recipe and freeze the rest. Can you tell that i`m a really lazy baker lately

SD

santer_2

Only had the problem of crust not rising when too much liquid was added

Small loaves seem to retain the paddle

The non stick coating is delicate

Among the better things I have used

Mrs_Chip

Santer

First baking, Darling DH did went at the pan with a butter knife to get the bread out 'because it was stuck' - :mad: Left several scratches so was in dog house for a bit, but does not affect stickability, a good shake gets it!

foxgloves

I think I've only bought about 2 packs of rolls & one loaf all this year. Our panasonic is used for our day to day bread, rolls, pizza bases, foccaccias, etc, and I have to say that if it packed up today, I would be out buying another one this very weekend! Our last one, a Breville was good & we liked it, but the paddle got stuck a lot which it hardly ever does with our panasonic. Also, the loaves do seem to come out of the tin with a really good shake so all the scratches to the non-stick coating we had with our last machine don't happen now.

umami

My friend's husband says panasonic is the best for bread making.
I have tasted his homemade bread and have since gone off shop bought ones.
He gets free yeast from tesco bakery.

PudseyDB

Sunnyday wrote: »

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Top tip is to leave it on the side in the kitchen instead of putting it away out of sight.

Enjoy your new toy!

Brilliant idea!!! Cos then you dont we put off with the hassle of getting it out and it really does only take a few minutes to pop everything in.

santer_2

Mrs_Chip wrote: »

Santer, a good shake gets it!

The paddle gets baked in only with small loaves

Did a small loaf yesterday and the machine moved across the worktop

mmmsnow

I've had a SD 255 since August 2009 and we use it three times a week. It's the best present I have ever received!

We use a mix of white and whole wheat flours, low fat butter, Doves yeast and a special seed mix that my husband put together. It costs us less than 70p a loaf (even for the fancy, enriched dough ones) and they always taste great.

I also tend to take a loaf of bread as a gift for any friends or family that I'm visiting.

I have a great carrot and fennel seed bread recipe for the BM, which is lovely with tuna mayo or toasted with a scrape of butter

mmmsnow

twiggy100 wrote: »

Has anyone every tried to make cakes in their BM? I ask as we have recently moved and our new oven is truley rubbish. It would be great if I could make teabread type cakes again.

I have a fantastic book - The Breadmachine Cookbook (bought second hand from Amazon) - that has a wonderful range of cakes for the breadmaker.

Mrs_Chip

Yes, you do need to make sure there is enough space on the worktop - I have got a rectangle of that plastic non-slip net that I put under it, works a treat.

We don't tend to make small loaves, and we only get a stuck paddle if the mix was a bit stiff (sme flour needs a little bit more water).