crusty bread with a breadmaker how?

princess_lyla

Hello everyone I am sure this has been answered before but I have searched and cannot find it. I have a breadmaker and the loaves that come out of it tend to be really dense. My ideal bread is a bloomer loaf really crusty on the outside and soft inside. I can see that some have suggested just raising the dough in the breadmaker then cooking it in the oven does anyone have any suggestions how i can reach the goal of making my dream crusty loaf?

Thank you everybody

MUMOF4_2

HI,
Hope you are still online, they are making lots of bread on bbc 2 now!!!!

belfastgirl23

Mine has different options for the crust, maybe try the darker option...

skintlass

I saw hairy bakers - good program but now I want a ploughmans and a
loaf of bread

ka7e

I have used the MR Fastbake and a Russell Hobbs BM and I have found using olive oil gives a light textured, crusty loaf. Butter or marg makes it more moist with a softer crust.

Lyndsay_21

oooh i loved the hairy bakers prog tonight and really wanted to make the white bread but when i went to the bbc food website and found the recipe they had added the butter/lard to the ingred list but not in the actual 'method' list .....confused.

kippers

I have the opposite with my MR BM as it cooks a loaf that is far too crusty and really difficult to chew (this is the 'light' loaf, goodness knows what a dark loaf turns out like).

I started to make the dough in my breadmaker and then cook in the oven, but this is not really very time saving. I now put up with a crusty loaf which we only use for toast and i make 'cobs' for daily use (these are really worth the effort).

Sunnyday

I have a panasonic and the french bread setting sounds similar to what you`re looking for, does the fastbake have this setting so that you can give it a try?

Also i find that taking the bread out as soon as it`s finished and leaving it on the cooling rack for a few hours helps, if it`s left in the bm it goes softer.
HTH
SD

neilmusgrove

The Morphy Richards Compact has a french bread which produces light bread with quite a crispy crust, it's nice!

freyasmum

Lyndsay_21 wrote: »

oooh i loved the hairy bakers prog tonight and really wanted to make the white bread but when i went to the bbc food website and found the recipe they had added the butter/lard to the ingred list but not in the actual 'method' list .....confused.

When making bread, you mix the dry together first and then add in the wet.

I just checked the recipe and, as the butter/lard was melted, I'd add it just before I added the milk/water

I might go buy the stuff to make them just now, because I've just watched the programme on iplayer and they looked delicious.

princess_lyla

it does have both the darker crust and french bread setting which are the ones I usually use but it still comes out light a first bit as soon as it cools down it feels a bit like a brick! Thank you for your suggestions though.