Best way to slice bread

Farway

I leave it about an hour or so, then I slice it like doorstops and all mishapen, but it is lovely

The "correct" way is leave it overnight, then treat as shop bought

chocolateteddy

Hi I too make my own bread. I use an electric knife and cut my loaf up fairly evenly with that. If you can't wait until it has cooled, tonight I cut it up within 15mins of coming out of BM, it is more tricky to cut but if left an hour cuts fine with one of these. Just take it easy. Admittedly it is even easier to cut next day but who wants to wait till then when you can have lovely warm bread!! Argos do them from £6.25.
HTH

PS how do you make marmite bread ?sounds nice

anguk

I tried everything but just couldn't cut nice even slices so in the end I bought a Kenwood electric slicer. It's a brilliant gadget, slices as thick or thin as you want and you can do the whole loaf in one go. It is expensive at about £30 but I also use it for cutting joints of meat etc.

lbt_2

Hi Farway and chocolateteddy,

Wait until the next day!!! :eek: Nope, never gonna happen I can just about wait out the hour.

I was thinking about getting electric knife, but I have a reputation in our house for buying kitchen gadgets - and they never see the light of day again ... I am sure that is familiar with some Still, I think this might be worthwhile and used quite a lot. I have a slow cooker and I am going to cook some of my own ham - and as much as I love wedges of bread, ham is definitely nicer sliced a bit better than I can manage!

Marmite loaf is absolutely lovely - it only lasted a few hours!

Marmite loaf:
3 tsp Marmite
1 tbsp hot water
275ml cold water less 1tbsp
2 tbsp oil
450g soft grain strong white bread flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp caster sugar
1/2 tsp instant or fast-acting dried yeast

Mix the marmite in the hot water.

Add to breadmaker with the cold water.

Add oil and half the flour

Add salt and sugar, then rest of flour, then yeast on top.

Turn bread maker on to basic white.

Wait ... patiently of course (!!) before leaving it to cool then cutting.

louise3965

I made the apple and cinnamon bread just now and its quite nice, but I can't taste the cinnamon. I wil put more in next time. Oh and I've just hacked into mine as I was hungry, it looks like I have pulled it out of the dogs mouth!!!!

JayJay14

I have one of those knives you see advertised in department stores (saw someone doing so in MrTs a couple of weeks ago) - they demo it sawing into a hammer and then cutting a tomato - it's the best I've tried yet for new bread.

lbt_2

Thanks Louise - I love cinnnamon too so I will up the quantity.

JayJay - how much are they? I wonder if they are the type of thing I might get a bargain on from QVC, or something similar? Maybe I shouldn't start tuning into those channels though - it might cost too much ... I hear they are addictive!! :eek:

JayJay14

I got mine as part of a set 3 of the 'bread cutting' knives, 2 paring knives and a boning knife. I think I paid about £30 the lot.

The best place to look would probably be ebay to get just one.

Mellika

I assume this marmite bread can be made with Vegemite? DH is very Australian...

jembie

My answer...Badly :rotfl:

I know that I am getting better though