I got a Breadmaker

looby75

well I've only made 2 loaves so far but I'm pretty impressed with my morphy ritchards one, it's easy to use, seems to work well, even when you mess the ingredients up a bit

Compact Breadmaker
Product Number - 48245

It's gone back up to full price now, but if you look around I'm sure you will find it cheaper than that.

Redrose

I just bought a BM from Asda yesterday

Its a Durabrand, its got all i need,

LCD Display
Timer - so you can program for over night baking
Menu with 12 Different Settings
Colour Key - level of how brown i want the bread
Load size either 1.5 or 2 lb
and a Start/Stop key
Also makes cakes and jam

and the instrustions are very easy to follow

and all for £23.97

Punky

Thank you for the recommendations. I think I might have enough £2 coins in my jar to treat myself to a decent breadmaker. I'm off to read the Complete Breadmaking Thread Queenie recommended in another recent thread on breadmakers...

heaven_scent

Tip; 1/2 tsp. absorbic acid (Vit C from chemist) helps the bread rise.
Tip; keep all the dry ingredients together then its quick to throw it all in before you go to bed and wake up to a freshly baked loaf Yum!

calleyw

Punky wrote:

I'd like to start making my own bread but am not sure what mark/style of breadmaker to buy - any recommendations?

If you can afford it go for a panasonic sd252/253 which has a nut dispenser. It is pricey @ £62.

look here

As there are breadmakers and there are breadmakers. And all the reviews I have ever read about this machine all highly praise it. I am going to save my amazon vouchers and treat myself hopefully around christmas as long as I don't spend my vouchers on DVD's :rotfl:

Yours


Calley

pickledtink

I've got the Morphy Richards one. Made two loaves so far and one cake. Both loaves were absolutely gorgeous. One wholewheat and one basic white. I left out the dried milk powder because I didn't have any and it didn't seem to matter.
The banana walnut loaf/cake was a disaster but only because I didn't have the right flour and the combo of wholemeal and strong bread flour didn't work. I now have one gorgeous smelling brick.:rolleyes:

bonsoirbonsoir

We had a lot of failed bread in the breadmaker, especially if we left it on the timer overnight. What we do now is to let the breadmaker make and rise the dough and then bake it in the oven.

The bread is much nicer I think this way, and less soggy, and you dont get the mixing tool sticking in the bottom!

eenu

so how much do you think you save by making bread yourself?

Whats the estimate on the per loaf price given the ingrediants?

Trow

bonsoirbonsoir wrote:

We had a lot of failed bread in the breadmaker, especially if we left it on the timer overnight. What we do now is to let the breadmaker make and rise the dough and then bake it in the oven.

The bread is much nicer I think this way, and less soggy, and you dont get the mixing tool sticking in the bottom!

bonsoirbonsoir - I had to do the same with my second breadmaker - but its ancient history now I have the panasonic! It really is as good as everyone says, and the hole in the bottom is amazingly neat compared to both my previous bms.

Trow

davidmoore83 wrote:

so how much do you think you save by making bread yourself?

Whats the estimate on the per loaf price given the ingrediants?

I would imagine that its about half the price of a good loaf (talking my local prices, which may be higher than average due to location) - but I would think roughly 50p ish per loaf.

But its not just about cost - its also about the bread, and the process thats made to use it - the chorleywood process (that is used to make the vast majority of bread in the UK) has been linked to wheat and gluten intolerance, and I personally have experienced far less bloatedness (and associated problems ) since using the bm regularly.