Bread Maker - worth it?

libbyc3

hi - 1st time posting on the old style thread though been lurking seems like forever!
as regards to breadmakers - get one definately!! I got my panny after couple of years of procrastinating and not knowing whether the intitial outlay would be worth it.
It so is!!
we have not eaten shop bread for the last month since breadmaker appeared - reckon on about 30p per loaf.
the difference in taste and the 'smug' feeling you get from not giving your kids all the extra additives from shop bought bread can't be beaten.
I have homemade pizza bases in the freezer ready for those 'can't be bothered to cook days and days out taking a pack up the kids no longer feel deprived of their junk food fix or resent not buying food when we are out as 'ham and cheese tear and share' beats maccy d's any day!
always wanted to post on this board but everyone seems to know so much more and be so efficient i never get the chance - I'm sadly excited now!!

anguk

How do you do your ham & cheese tear and share please?

Oh and welcome to the board, it took me ages to post too!

libbyc3

copied from panny book -
1 1/4tsp yeast
550g strong white flour
2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 tsp salt
310ml water
then put on 'basic dough'

when done roll out into rectangle sheet and scatter with cheese and chopped ham and roll up swiss roll stylie. cut into 1 inch slices and place in flan / cake tin cut side up. more chees sprinkled on top and leave to rise.
bake 220/450/gas7 for 20 mins.
tear and share!
proper grown up lush!

Penelope_Penguin

hush72 wrote: »

In the long run, does it work out cheaper to make home made bread rather than buying it?

My view is that I can make artisan bread for the cost of sliced bread I use a BM for toast and sandwiches, and handmade rolls, bread, sweet dough when I have the time (most weekends :T ).

I'll add this to the exsitng thread to give you more opinions.

Penny. x

ellawood

hi new toy new toy its here the breadmaker is now on so happy :j oh thinks its a waste of money and whats wrong with the oven :mad: I want him to eat his words :rolleyes:

hush72

Thanks for your encouraging posts. I think I'm gonna get me a breadmaker!

Geeves1980

If you are making bread in a BM, do you have to use a specific recipe/ different quantaties of ingredients than if you were making it by hand and then baking it in the oven, or is there a standard bread dough recipe that can be used for both BM and conventional ovens and loaf tins?

ellawood

mine has come with a cookbook just used the basic white and it was great nice bread lots more recipes to try so will be busy trying all of them out but it does not have a recipe for nann bread can anyone help

laura2481

Hi, i'm considering a breadmaker of some kind. I was just wondering if it actually works out cheaper with a breadmaker. Surely you just end up spending on bread ingredients what you would normally spend on bread? Or does it work only work out good value if you make a lot- i would probably only make one a week at the most.
Enlighten me, please:D

Magnolia

In our house it depends who is in when the bread comes out of the breadmaker - if both sons are around then the whole loaf can go along with a pack of Lurpak :rolleyes: