The Morphy Richards BM Club

ka7e

blitz wrote: »

Ive never been able to make a decent white loaf using any of the recipes in their manual,ive found them bland & dense. I have managed to find a recipe that tastes nice & a little less dense, but still not managed to make a nice fluffy loaf, that everyone would go wow over. If anyones managed it, id love to know their recipe:D

What flour do you use? I've found some flours (esp. Morrison's!) give me a smaller, dense loaf. Sainsbury's and Asda's - a fair bit lighter. Best results with Carrs and Hovis. Wholemeal flour sems to have less variation in quality and Dove's is cheap in Asda at the moment.

blitz

Ive use hovis & tescos own, will try carrs, see if that gives me a better result.

sb44

I managed to pick up a copy of ' The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook ' from a charity shop a couple of days ago, 30p bargain!

The question is, where it shows ingredients for a medium loaf, do I use the large loaf setting on my Fastbake?

Bibbitybob

Just picked up a Morphy Richards fastbake off freecycle...just waiting for the kneading paddle to arrive from the manufacturer (this one was missing, cost £3 to replace!) then I can join in the fun!!

lucasmum

blitz- just like you I have had my MR FB for quite a few years sitting on the top of my kitchen cupboards after the same disappointing results from the manual BUT I have just made my first loaf using the recipe that is on the side of the packet of sainsburys strong white flour and it turned out lovely!!! I even had to try some straight out the BM just to make sure and it was wonderfully light and airy but now i have indigestion dammit!!!

Recipe as follows:
320ml 20fl oz warm water
500g 20oz strong white flour
25g 1oz butter
1 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp fast action yeast

I put it in my BM in that order and used setting 2 (large loaf not dark crust) hey presto 2hr 50 mins later a lovely loaf!!! good luck

sb44

lucasmum wrote: »

blitz- just like you I have had my MR FB for quite a few years sitting on the top of my kitchen cupboards after the same disappointing results from the manual BUT I have just made my first loaf using the recipe that is on the side of the packet of sainsburys strong white flour and it turned out lovely!!! I even had to try some straight out the BM just to make sure and it was wonderfully light and airy but now i have indigestion dammit!!!

Recipe as follows:
320ml 20fl oz warm water
500g 20oz strong white flour
25g 1oz butter
1 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp fast action yeast

I put it in my BM in that order and used setting 2 (large loaf not dark crust) hey presto 2hr 50 mins later a lovely loaf!!! good luck

I may give this a go today. So you used the French bread setting and light coloured crust, how did this compare to a shope bought sliced loaf?

What I mean is was it a type of close knit bread or more open like when you cut into a baguette?

buyitall

lucasmum wrote: »

blitz- just like you I have had my MR FB for quite a few years sitting on the top of my kitchen cupboards after the same disappointing results from the manual BUT I have just made my first loaf using the recipe that is on the side of the packet of sainsburys strong white flour and it turned out lovely!!! I even had to try some straight out the BM just to make sure and it was wonderfully light and airy but now i have indigestion dammit!!!

Recipe as follows:
320ml 20fl oz warm water
500g 20oz strong white flour
25g 1oz butter
1 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp fast action yeast

I put it in my BM in that order and used setting 2 (large loaf not dark crust) hey presto 2hr 50 mins later a lovely loaf!!! good luck

When I put mine on a setting 2 large loaf, it comes up as 3 hrs 50 (not 2h50) - I am giving your recipe a try, will let you know how it goes!:D

Prudent

lucasmum wrote: »

blitz- just like you I have had my MR FB for quite a few years sitting on the top of my kitchen cupboards after the same disappointing results from the manual BUT I have just made my first loaf using the recipe that is on the side of the packet of sainsburys strong white flour and it turned out lovely!!! I even had to try some straight out the BM just to make sure and it was wonderfully light and airy but now i have indigestion dammit!!!

Recipe as follows:
320ml 20fl oz warm water
500g 20oz strong white flour
25g 1oz butter
1 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp fast action yeast

I put it in my BM in that order and used setting 2 (large loaf not dark crust) hey presto 2hr 50 mins later a lovely loaf!!! good luck

Do you melt the butter before adding it?

ANY_CHANCE

Hello:hello:

Can anyone help?
I am trying to make a white loaf using my Morphy Richards fast bake BM the only prob is i have lost the measuring cups :rolleyes:

Water - 11/2 cups = ??
Skimmed milk powder i dont have any
sugar 2 1/2 tbsp ok
salt - 2tsp ok
stong white bread flour 4 cups = ??
dry yeast - 2tsp ok

setting - basic white

Can i miss out the milk powder ? or add something instead?
does any one have actual measurements for the water and flour ?

lucasmum

Hi all interested in my recipe! lol I feel so important!!
I didn't melt the butter before i put it in but it was soft.
My BM is a good few years old, just been in hibernation so I'm sure there are new models with different settings. setting 2 on mine says basic white large (1 1/2 lb) and is 2hr 50mins. The brown bread settings are 3hrs + but not the white.
It wasn't a french bread setting so the bread was more dense(little bubbles) a lot closer to shop bought but much more flavour. I was really pleased with it- I hope it works of someone else too!! good luck and tell me how it goes.
I have my BM going at the mo with my first try of Apple Braid dough so fingers crossed, cos I need to take something to bribe my mum tommorow so she will have my kids over night sometime next month!!!