Panasonic Breadmakers Tips and Quick Questions Thread

terra_ferma

Diflower wrote: »

It's here:T My Panasonic has landed!

Arrived this morning and has made its first loaf - 100% wholemeal, which the MR couldn't really cope with - and it's perfect, looks like I just bought it from Waitrose:) Tastes really good too, we just shared the crust.
I knew of course that it would be a lot better than the MR, but am relieved the first attempt is so good as I'm not sure OH quite understood why I was buying it. he does now though:T

Btw Waitrose has an offer, 75p off when you buy any 2 bags of their own organic flour. Which actually makes it cheaper than MrT now their white has gone right back up to £1.29:( And it's much better flour.

Well done for your first loaf!!!

I just wanted to comment about Waitrose organic wholemeal flour, I've just tried it again, and the bread is nowhere as nice as the one from Sainsbury's own brand. I was a bit disappointed.
But it could simply be down to a personal preference.

Craftyscholar

Diflower wrote: »

It's here:T My Panasonic has landed!

Arrived this morning and has made its first loaf - 100% wholemeal, which the MR couldn't really cope with - and it's perfect, looks like I just bought it from Waitrose:) Tastes really good too, we just shared the crust.
I knew of course that it would be a lot better than the MR, but am relieved the first attempt is so good as I'm not sure OH quite understood why I was buying it. he does now though:T

Thanks, that's worth knowing.
My first attempt was the 50/50 which was great. Now got a 70% wholemeal cooling.

Diflower

terra_ferma wrote: »

Well done for your first loaf!!!

I just wanted to comment about Waitrose organic wholemeal flour, I've just tried it again, and the bread is nowhere as nice as the one from Sainsbury's own brand. I was a bit disappointed.
But it could simply be down to a personal preference.

The flour yesterday was Sainsburys:) but unfortunately though we don't have a Sainsburys near. I only needed white yesterday but having seen the price at MrT decided I'd rather have W/rose. So as the offer was for 2 bags I got one of wholemeal as well. It will be interesting when I get to that one then.

Now have a spicy fruit loaf in it, as we're going to see my dad tomorrow and he loves fruit loaf:)

silly_moo

Could anyone please tell me what size the breadmaker loaves are? Does a bigger loaf mean that it's simply taller rather than longer?

I have been thinking about getting a Panasonic SD257 or Kenwood BM450 but looking at the videos I get the impression that the loaves are really short, so I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle for just a few slices.

katholicos

cooking-mama wrote: »

katholicos what bread recipe is that,it looks lovely,I want to bake that one...is it a basic white on dark crust setting?.

It's the brioche recipe, i think i put it for the large loaf and medium crust, but it looks a bit dark for medium crust, maybe?

It was delicious! Today i baked two more loaves in it, one a wholemeal loaf and the other a basic white loaf. I am now going to do a search of this thread, for cake recipes that i can make in the machine :j

tigerfeet2006

silly_moo wrote: »

Could anyone please tell me what size the breadmaker loaves are? Does a bigger loaf mean that it's simply taller rather than longer?

I have been thinking about getting a Panasonic SD257 or Kenwood BM450 but looking at the videos I get the impression that the loaves are really short, so I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle for just a few slices.

If you do the large loaf it is quite tall but it means I only use 2 slices rather than 3 slices of bread. A loaf can last 2 of us 2 and 1/2 days (3rd day only enough for one person)

I love my Panny, it's the best and has helped me experiment with loaves.

mrswack

Has anyone put choc chips in a brioche, if so when did you put them in?

terra_ferma

silly_moo wrote: »

Could anyone please tell me what size the breadmaker loaves are? Does a bigger loaf mean that it's simply taller rather than longer?

I have been thinking about getting a Panasonic SD257 or Kenwood BM450 but looking at the videos I get the impression that the loaves are really short, so I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle for just a few slices.

I weight mine yesterday, it was a 50% wholemeal XL loaf and weighed about 880g (about because I had already eaten a slice before I though about weighing it).
I use the old machine's recipes, with 600g of flour, and also lower quantities for salt and sugar, don't know if it makes a difference.

Slices are quite large, one is too big to fit into a standard toaster, but when you cut them in half they are very small. I had this conversation just this morning with my OH and we decided to downsize our loaves, but make them more often.
If you have a slicer you can choose the thickness of your slices, but we found that slicing them by hand is not great, we could never have even slices, I'm particularly bad.

HTH

Craftyscholar

Craftyscholar wrote: »

My first attempt was the 50/50 which was great. Now got a 70% wholemeal cooling.

Forgot to report back - the 70/30 is great - will try a 100% wholemeal next time.

Craftyscholar

terra_ferma wrote: »

I weight mine yesterday, it was a 50% wholemeal XL loaf and weighed about 880g (about because I had already eaten a slice before I though about weighing it).

Slices are quite large, one is too big to fit into a standard toaster, but when you cut them in half they are very small. I had this conversation just this morning with my OH and we decided to downsize our loaves, but make them more often.

HTH

I'm sticking with the smallest size loaf. The slices are quite big enough for me. One thing I did notice, as there are no preservatives the last bit almost had to go in the bin - not dry-stale but a slightly 'off' taste.