Panasonic Breadmakers Tips and Quick Questions Thread

santer_2

Some options

http://www.panasonic.com/includes/swf/consumer/learn/breadmaker/white-loaf.html

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/bread-machine-recipes/index.htm

http://www.breadmachinedigest.com/beginners/troubleshooting-chart.php

Tesco have a three for two with the cheapest free on some home baking items at the moment

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/browse/default.aspx?N=4294792898+4294795365&Ne=4294793660

Swan_2

santer wrote: »

Some options

http://www.panasonic.com/includes/swf/consumer/learn/breadmaker/white-loaf.html

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/bread-machine-recipes/index.htm

http://www.breadmachinedigest.com/beginners/troubleshooting-chart.php

Tesco have a three for two with the cheapest free on some home baking items at the moment

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/browse/default.aspx?N=4294792898+4294795365&Ne=4294793660

hi santer some interesting links there

how did you get on with the problem you were having with your bread a while ago? (it was on another thread but I lost the link & couldn't find it again )

santer_2

Hello Swan

Thanks for asking, I think it must have been the amount of water, have reduced it to 60ml per 100g of flour and they seem fine now

Am just looking through this site, which seems to have a few things of interest to home bakers

http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/

Swan_2

santer wrote: »

Hello Swan

Thanks for asking, I think it must have been the amount of water, have reduced it to 60ml per 100g of flour and they seem fine now

Am just looking through this site, which seems to have a few things of interest to home bakers

http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/

glad you got it sorted out

that's another good link there santer, one I like that has some interesting recipes is Carrs Flour

jenny_f

Can anyone recommend a basic recipe for white bread to try first?

We got given some dried milk powder with the machine but some recipes don't include milk whereas some do! Ideally one without milk would be best.

Do we need to get bread flour or just normal flour?

Dried yeast or fresh yeast?

Sorry for so many questions, I've read through lots of threads on here but have got confused!

TIA

scottishminnie

jenny_f wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a basic recipe for white bread to try first?

We got given some dried milk powder with the machine but some recipes don't include milk whereas some do! Ideally one without milk would be best.

Do we need to get bread flour or just normal flour?

Dried yeast or fresh yeast?

Sorry for so many questions, I've read through lots of threads on here but have got confused!

TIA

Hi Jenny

I'm a relative newbie as I've only had my much loved (already) Panasonic for a month. My white bread has been very successful (although I've now converted hubby to Wholemeal). The recipe I used was

1tsp yeast (I bought a tin of Allison Easy Bake Yeast -dried works perfectly)
500g strong white flour
1.5 tsp sugar
1.25 tsp salt
25g butter
and 350ml of water

I've been buying the strong white bread and wholemeal bread flour - but just Mr A home brand and it works well. I did buy a bag of Allison's White Seed and Grain Bread flour and made it using the same recipe above. We had it tonight with french onion soup. It was delicious, nutty and seedy.

I've never used milk - well not yet but there's a first time for everything:)

Meant to say - it takes 4 hours (or 4hrs and 5 mins for a dark crust) on my Panasonic 2500 (setting 01)

Swan_2

hi Jenny

I'm guessing you didn't get a user manual with the 251?

there's a link HERE where you can download one, it has instructions specific to your machine, a basic white recipe for it & quite a few others that should help you get started

the best readily available white bread flour I've used is Lidl's, better than any of the expensive branded ones, if you've got a branch nearby give it a try

jenny_f

scottishminnie - thanks for the recipe - this seems to make more sense

swan - thanks for the link.

The manual states milk powder though, I've never heard of this, do you think it has to be used?!

Swan_2

jenny_f wrote: »

scottishminnie - thanks for the recipe - this seems to make more sense

swan - thanks for the link.

The manual states milk powder though, I've never heard of this, do you think it has to be used?!

hi Jenny

I've always found you can leave the milk powder out without harming the loaf, so you don't need to use it
the main difference I notice when using it is that the bread makes better toast

happy baking, let us know how you get on


PS ... an important thing to remember is to measure very accurately

Mrs_Chip

Not read the whole thread, so forgive if this has been said before...

We have the older Panny and the newer version, and the recipes for the new version are different - the milk powder has been left out of the basic recipes. We use the 'new' recipes in both machines and they work fine.

Agree with Swan, Lidl white bread flour is fab. If you want a wholemeal style bread but a bit cheaper (or lighter) try the 50/50 mix, it makes a lovely loaf.