I made my first loaf of bread tonight.......

**purpleprincess**

I made another loaf last night.......and it turned out lovely!!! :j Funnily enough I followed a recipe from the breadmaker book and put it on the setting it suggested!! I did struggle with slicing it though. Any suggestions???

zombiecazz

A decent bread knife.:D

frugalfairy_3

I find if you can resist the temptation to tear straight into it (I can't very often :eek: ) if you leave it to get really cold (i.e. if you make a loaf first thing in the morning, leave it until evening to slice it), then it slices much more easily, I can get thin enough slices then to fit into my irritatingly small toaster. I just use either a bread knife, or a ham knife, whichever comes to hand first.

Otherwise, if I need to freeze it fairly quickly, then I find my electric carving knife does the trick.

HTH

FF

**purpleprincess**

Ah ha!!! Excellent suggestions, thanks!! Right, perhaps need to save my pennies for a bread knife!! Not sure it will fit in my tiny kitchen, they are quite large aren't they???

Queenie

**purpleprincess** wrote:

I made another loaf last night.......and it turned out lovely!!! :j

:T :T :T Brilliant!! Well done!

**purpleprincess** wrote:

Funnily enough I followed a recipe from the breadmaker book and put it on the setting it suggested!!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

A proper breadknife and a cold loaf will make slicing a breeze.