Kenwood Breadmaker questions tips etc

cooking-mama

spirit wrote: »

do you use bread mixes or bread flour, yeast etc?

I occassionaly have a packet mix on standby,But i normaly make my own using the recipes that came with the breadmaker...much prefer this type of bread..I usualy set the BM up at night for fresh bread in the morning..lovely.
PS,I havent made the cheese n onion bread yet...,must get away from this computer and start it

Diflower

skyelark wrote: »

just got this link off another thread. Haven't had time to check it out yet, but apparently it has flour/bread mix etc. :money: Just off to look through, but thought I would post it first in case there are some bargains that would interest us on here:) http://www.bigbrandsforless.co.uk/?page_id=136

I had a look yesterday. I decided against it, partly storage problems (3.5kg bags must be pretty big!). Also, once you add the postage, you'd need to buy a lot to justify it. Can't help thinking I'd be buying more for the sake of it.
Willing to be convinced though:)

MummyOfTwo

well i do love being OS!!! put an ad on facebook seeing if anyone wanted to flog one... and got a free one!!!:j:j:j:j

spirit

Swan wrote: »

I'm not liking this having to wait 24 hours to try my gingerbread business

it's worth the wait - trust me

skyelark

Diflower wrote: »

I had a look yesterday. I decided against it, partly storage problems (3.5kg bags must be pretty big!). Also, once you add the postage, you'd need to buy a lot to justify it. Can't help thinking I'd be buying more for the sake of it.
Willing to be convinced though:)

Yes, you are right! Even us lot dont use that amount, quickly!:o
Shame we dont live near each other, we could split it:)

skyelark

cooking-mama wrote: »

I occassionaly have a packet mix on standby,But i normaly make my own using the recipes that came with the breadmaker...much prefer this type of bread..I usualy set the BM up at night for fresh bread in the morning..lovely.
PS,I havent made the cheese n onion bread yet...,must get away from this computer and start it

Let us know how it turns out:) I might try that once I have got through my list of recipes to try!:)

skyelark

MummyOfTwo wrote: »

well i do love being OS!!! put an ad on facebook seeing if anyone wanted to flog one... and got a free one!!!:j:j:j:j

That is brilliant.................well done you!:j

Diflower

skyelark wrote: »

Shame we dont live near each other, we could split it:)

Lol I'm about as far away from you as possible:D I did think about that though, shame I don't know many people round here.

Well done you MummyofTwo, even better than my tenner:)

My s/mother has a bm in her loft (I assumed she'd given it away) and says I can have it. Not sure what make but I know it was expensive. My bargain one is fine (MR) but if I was paying proper money I'd have chosen a better one.

cooking-mama

Hello again guys...didnt get around to doing the cheese n onion bread....in fact my rapid loaf is still in there now,had a bit of a go slow day today:o
I have a question tho...I mentioned before about the numbers 1 2 3 and Swan very kindly investigated(to the extent she phoned kenwood)apparantly they indicate which of the 3 rises the bread is on,therefore will not be illuminated all the time...but mine never illuminate...all 3 numbers are equaly visible,but none highlighted...next time anyone is using their BM,could they check and see if 1 2 or 3 ever light up on their own...thanks.

skyelark

cooking-mama wrote: »

Hello again guys...didnt get around to doing the cheese n onion bread....in fact my rapid loaf is still in there now,had a bit of a go slow day today:o
I have a question tho...I mentioned before about the numbers 1 2 3 and Swan very kindly investigated(to the extent she phoned kenwood)apparantly they indicate which of the 3 rises the bread is on,therefore will not be illuminated all the time...but mine never illuminate...all 3 numbers are equaly visible,but none highlighted...next time anyone is using their BM,could they check and see if 1 2 or 3 ever light up on their own...thanks.

will have a look later on when I get home:)