Panasonic Breadmakers Tips and Quick Questions Thread

beautiful_ravens

Ask someone for one as a gift?
Look out on freecycle for giveaways?
Ebay?
You take out the loaf and cut it yourself, and you could store it in a bread crock/bin like the old days.
I have a breadmaker Ive used once, stored out in the shed; I really should find the instructions and drag it into service. My bad :S

sooty&sweep

Hi

You'll need to use a knife to cut the bread or I think you can get special devices that help you cut equal thickness slices.

The Panasonic comes with a detailed recipe / instruction book but the basic recipe is strong bread flour, dried milk powder, sugar, salt, dried yeast, water. The book says butter, personally I use olive oil.
The cheapest option is to make a white loaf but obviously you can use a whole range of bread flours, the granary etc are abit more expensive. You can also add a whole range of seeds which will also push the cost up but tastes delicious and good for you too.
The biggest saving for me for my bread maker is that I make what I need so don't waste as much.
My children love pizzas made with dough from the breadmaker and you can make a foccacia dough and bake in the oven - absolutely delicious !!

I ue a large plastic bag or a fabric bread bag to store the bread in.

Jen

gemma1984

Right, we've bitten the bullet and ordered the Panasonic SD254 Breadmaker.

Can't wait now.

HOWMUCH

Aldi have at the moment well ours does loads of flavoured flours I think they were 69p per bag

carolinosourus

LegalBlonde wrote: »

Sorry to butt in on your thread but I am considering one of these, but how do you CUT the bread?? Do you just do it yourself with a knife, does the machine do it, or is there something you can help. Also how do you store the bread. Sorry

:rotfl:classic... I wish the machine cut it for you!

I'm considering getting a Panasonic SD255 (with the raisin and nut dispenser)

[Deleted User]

I always first butter the bread before I slice it that way you don't get holes in it if you see what I mean.I don't make my own bread as its not worth it for just me but I love a split tin loaf.I always put foil over the open cut end before I put it into my tupperware long box container as well.Stops the end getting too hard

LilacPixie

I have the SD254. I bought a thing from Lakeland that guides the cuts and stores at the same time here it is http://www.lakeland.co.uk/bread-keeper/F/keyword/bread+slicing/product/5052
I just make a loaf using supermarket own brand bread flour 67p for 1.5kg with 400g a loaf used.

cooking-mama

before you buy give some serious consideration to the kenwood BM450...a bit more expensive than the panasonic but so worth it,makes bigger loaves in less time and the built in convection fan gives a far better finish to the bread..closest ive ever tasted to oven baked from a breadmaker.

foxgloves

We have a Panasonic after our old one - a Breville - conked out. We love the Panasonic. it makes better bread by far than our old one. Cheapest loaf is to make a white one on rapid setting and if you are on Economy 7 or similar electricity with the cheaper night time tariff to set the timer so your loaf is made during this time and ready when you get up in the morning. You can get white bread flour from Lidl....can't remember the exact price but it's around 85p I think.....our usual brand would be around £1.39 so that can be a definite saving. There are also knock-on savings such as making white dough for pizza. One batch of white panasonic dough makes a big full-size pizza plus some rolls or a small hand-shaped loaf (or 2 pizza bases of course!) Then as long as you have some sort of cheese....you don't need to put loads on....you can use whatever you have in the fridge to make a nice pizza topping.

Dave101t

homebaked bread 1 loaf:
flour, yeast, milk powder, oil, sugar, salt, water = circa 30p
electricity for 2.8 hours (main setting on mine) = circa 30p. (600w breadmaker)