Milk powder in breadmaker

ashbart

Might be a silly question but, I've just read through this thread and it says all recipes require milk powder... I've got the panasonic SD255 and my normal white loaf doesn't have this ingredient. I know there is a milk loaf but, what exactly is a milk loaf?!? What's the difference between a sandwich (for example) with the white loaf and the milk loaf?

Still learning...! Thanks! Ash xx

Beverley_Bill

I have done the same, my 4 year old powdered milk has finally ran out. So I made bread without and it tasted even better than the last one, the crust was softer too.

Still. I would like to know why the recipe suggests milk or milk powder.

janiebaby29

Looks like my bread maker is on its way tommorow ,
Ive got flour and yeast , but is skimmed milk powder an not to be missed item ??

Pink.

Hi janiebaby,

You can replace the milk powder with milk (and reduce the amount of water so that there is the same volume of liquid) or leave it out altogether if you wish.

These earlier threads may help:

Milk powder in breadmaker

BM help..swapping powder milk for liquid milk?

Pink

ariba10

There are a lot of people who buy bread makers, do not follow the recipes in the book that comes with it and then complain that the bread is not very good.

I would suggest that you start by following the book to the letter until you are confident that you know what you are doing and then try different methods.

They do spend a lot of time and money on research.

We love our bread maker and wish you the best of luck with yours.

[Deleted User]

I've never used milk powder in my bread maker and not bothered replacing it with anything else (OH is vegan) and all the recipes have always turned out just fine.

janiebaby29

Thanks , mananged to catch hubbie before he left the pub , he's getting me some :T

jackieglasgow

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

I cut and pasted this a while ago - so thank you to the original poster.

ICED BUN RECIPE - TAKEN FROM THE BACK OF MORRISONS WHITE BREAD FLOUR

you will need:

560g (1IB 4oz) white bread flour
10g (1/2oz) Milk powder
60g (2 and half oz) Caster sugar
5g (quarter of a oz) salt
50g (2oz) butter or marge
25g (1oz) beaten egg (I used 1 egg though)
275ml (10fl oz) warm water
6g Dried yeast

225g (8oz) icing sugar 1 and half teaspoon water for the icing

1. Sieve the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter. Form a well in the middle and add all the other ingredients into the well

2. On a floured surface kneed for 10minutes. Mix together.

3. Place the dough into a large bowl, cover and leave for about an hour to rise (the dough should have doubled in size)

4. Divide into 16 cigar shapes. Place the shapes onto a greased baking tray and cover again for 30 minutes, at room temperature, or until the dough has risen again.

5. Bake for 10-12 minutes at gas mark 7, 220oc, 425 of.

6. When the buns have cooled make up the icing sugar and spread evenly across the top of the buns

I do have to admit to cheating, I use my bread maker for steps 1 - 3 on the dough setting. I also make them smaller than 16, I made 26 yesterday from the same amount of mix as above.

FFM

Can I substitute fresh milk instead of milk pwder - never done sweet bread like this by hand (given BM to MIL) and don't want to spoil the rest of the ingredients?

Ta Muchy

Jackie X

zippychick

Hi, if I was doing it, i would splish a drop of milk in and lessen the water, just make sure your liquid totals 275ml . Sorry, finding that hard to explain!

jackieglasgow

No, that's perfect, that's exactly what I thought, just second guessing myself because it's different to anything I usually do, but my kids love these from the Supermarket, and when I found it I wanted to try it out.

Thanks again

Jackie X