The Morphy Richards BM Club

savingforoz

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ejones/ufdi/topics/doughbatt/bmnan.html

Try that link, Happygirl, or else when I did a forum search there seemed to be a lot of MSE posts. Good luck!

annie-c

painted_lady wrote: »

I got a MR BM from car boot for £2, it has everything except the measuring cup, I know i can order one off the site, but does someone know how much a "cup" is if i want to manually meausre the ingredients?
Thanks

1 cup= 8 fluid ounces

sb44

Just seen a Wrights Carrot Cake mix on the Sainsburys site, has anyone tried this in their breadmaker?

FrenchMaid_2

I am thinking of getting MR fast bake bread maker, I have an older model and it has served me very well over the past 5 years, but it is on the brink of break down now, so I have returned mobile phones to envirofone and got Argos vouchers for it and thought of using the money to get a new one. Tempted by the fast bake option, is it really good?

mandy_moo_1

FrenchMaid wrote: »

I am thinking of getting MR fast bake bread maker, I have an older model and it has served me very well over the past 5 years, but it is on the brink of break down now, so I have returned mobile phones to envirofone and got Argos vouchers for it and thought of using the money to get a new one. Tempted by the fast bake option, is it really good?

i got this one from argos

and it REALLY is the best thing i've bought! i don't use the fast bake setting tho....don't like the bread it does! but i use it all the time to make bread rolls, iced buns, pizza bases etc. just make sure you read all the tips on this thread, cos there's load of helpful advice and recipes

sb44

FrenchMaid wrote: »

I am thinking of getting MR fast bake bread maker, I have an older model and it has served me very well over the past 5 years, but it is on the brink of break down now, so I have returned mobile phones to envirofone and got Argos vouchers for it and thought of using the money to get a new one. Tempted by the fast bake option, is it really good?

To be honest I hardly use mine for baking bread anymore as my husband has a thing about the smell of bread make in a breadmaker, doesn't like it for some reason.

I have been using mine to make dough for homemade pizza, it's brilliant, far nicer tan any shop bought one.

competitionscafe

FrenchMaid wrote: »

Tempted by the fast bake option, is it really good?

No (unless you need some bricks to build a wall or something). The breadmaker is good but I don't use the fastbake option anymore - the bread on that setting was 'orrible! On the standard setting it makes good bread though. After extensive testing I use 2 cups softgrain flour and 1 cup strong white flour, leave out the skimmed milk powder and use 'light' crust setting.

I think fastbake setting is okay for pizza dough though (not tried it myself as I prefer to make pizza dough by hand)

competitionscafe

Does anyone have a tried and tested walnut bread recipe that they have made succesfully in the MR breadmaker? I could just experiment, but something that I know will work would be good. Bit worried about the walnuts ending up in one big clump!

Something close to the walnut bread that M&S sell in their instore bakery is what I am aiming for - quite light. Served warm, lightly toasted or just sliced as it is, this is the best bread ever with runny goats cheeses or any runny cheese like brie - yum! Would love to make homemade so I can eat it when it's still slightly warm and ultra-fresh.

absfabs

competitionscafe wrote: »

Does anyone have a tried and tested walnut bread recipe that they have made succesfully in the MR breadmaker? I could just experiment, but something that I know will work would be good. Bit worried about the walnuts ending up in one big clump!

Something close to the walnut bread that M&S sell in their instore bakery is what I am aiming for - quite light. Served warm, lightly toasted or just sliced as it is, this is the best bread ever with runny goats cheeses or any runny cheese like brie - yum! Would love to make homemade so I can eat it when it's still slightly warm and ultra-fresh.

I often add walnuts to the wholemeal bread recipe, or a little lighter, go half white flour, half wholemeal. Use a good dollop ?1 tablespoon of honey instead of sugar, add 1/2 cup of walnuts at the beep, we like it.

don't know the M&S bread, though, cannot compare. And no, the walnuts get nicely mixed in, no risk of clumping.

competitionscafe

Thanks, will try that with half wholemeal half white - I found with some of the shop bought walnut loaves the flavour of the walnuts got a bit lost (Sainsburys/Waitrose etc) which is why I liked the M&S one as it is quite light. Sounds pretty much like a standard loaf, just with walnuts added - I usually use a tablespoon of runny honey instead of sugar anyway.