Bread Maker - worth it?

Jazzy_B

egon wrote: »

I am going to wait for the sales and then buy a breadmaker.

I am looking to go for a panasonic too.

But, does anyone knows a recipe book, witch just uses normal ingredients, eg no milk powder etc?

Thanks egon

I think you'll be hard pressed to find a Panasonic cheaper than £40.
You'll get a recipe book with whichever breadmaker you buy, and I think it's a good idea to follow those recipes for a few times before you play around
There are loads of recipes on this board. I never use milk powder.You can easily adapt recipes that you've got, as long as you use flour and yeast. If you look at the recipes board there are several to try.
The book I find most useful is The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook ,by Jennie Shapter which I picked up for 10p at a school fair. I had my breadmaker for several months before I got the book. I'd taken out a few at the library, but I tend to stick to a basic white or wholemeal loaf that I know my kids will eat.

Whitefiver

JoeyEmma wrote: »

I'm trying to work out if the Carr's breadmixes are worth it, or if I should just buy strong bread flour.

I'm so excited for yummy granary and seeded loaves!

Hi,

I would most definitely just buy flour. Carrs Breadmaker flour is excellent, and is my flour of choice, but it is now a little expensive. Our Sainsbury has Dove Farm Organic Strong Wholemeal on offer at 60p which is a good deal, and Sainsburys own Strong White Flour at <50p is also more than OK.

I don't know if they are still available, but our Home Bargains was offering bags of mixed seed, just right for bread at around 40p recently. I just put half a bag in, and the bread is really tasty.

Hope that helps,

Regards,

White.

JoeyEmma

I have bags of sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds for putting in bread. I LOVE the Food Doctor spicy seed mix (although it is £££) and I can't wait to put some of those in a loaf.

Oooooohhh... the size of my thighs, once this bloomin breadmaker arrives.

CRANKY40

Don't forget the library for recipe books too.

JoeyEmma

CRANKY40 wrote: »

Don't forget the library for recipe books too.

Is it really bad to say that I am not a member of a library and since we moved 18 months ago, I don't even know where our local one is? I never remember to take books back and always end up paying more in fines than the books cost to buy!

OverlandLandy

JoeyEmma wrote: »

I've ordered one for £40 from Amazon. I've been hankering after the SD255 for so long, but the deal on the SD254 is so good, I couldn't turn it down. quote]


I cant see it for £40...I can see it for £50 though (still not too bad a price).

I'm looking for one as I have Coeliac disease....and the bread that you have to endure is not fantastic. I get my bread on prescription - but thought I might try getting the flour instead. If a BM also makes Pizza dough - that would be a bonus.

I see the Panasonic has a 'Gluten Free' setting. Has anyone tried it for GF bread?

egon

OverlandLandy wrote: »

JoeyEmma wrote: »

I've ordered one for £40 from Amazon. I've been hankering after the SD255 for so long, but the deal on the SD254 is so good, I couldn't turn it down. quote]


I cant see it for £40...I can see it for £50 though (still not too bad a price).

I'm looking for one as I have Coeliac disease....and the bread that you have to endure is not fantastic. I get my bread on prescription - but thought I might try getting the flour instead. If a BM also makes Pizza dough - that would be a bonus.

I see the Panasonic has a 'Gluten Free' setting. Has anyone tried it for GF bread?

The SD254 has gone up £10. Until yesterday it was 39.99.

BigMummaF

Following on from several OS threads, I've been looking into getting a bread maker.

Just when I think I've made up my mind, along comes another reason to change it again:D

So I would welcome your views on the pros & cons, from the intial financial outlay to the taste of the stuff it produces. I would be looking to make white & granary bread & associated bits & bobs.

Many thanks.

Little_John

The bread is pretty good it makes, you just chuck the stuff in and turn it on. do we use ours? NO its a pain in the !!! to go find the yeast then weighing the stuff its easier to just go buy a Warbies blue loaf. it gets used maybe once or twice a year and that is just when we clear the cupboards out and "ohh the bread maker lets use it" it makes a few loafs then gets put back till next time. I am sure there are people about that use theirs for every loaf they use but not in this house.

alanobrien

Ours is used at least 4 times a week to make standard loaves, nan bread, pizza base,
fruit bread, herb bread etc etc. We had several different types over the years but found the Panasonic breadmakers to be the best by far. The taste of the product coming out of it surpasses anything we can buy and more to the point we know what has gone in there to make it. Preperation time takes all of 5 mins and the kids enjoy what comes out of it. We do still buy the odd "industrial" loaf on very rare occasions but not much these days.