Adventures with bread dough

pineapple

The problem is that the pounds being saved are probably being replaced by pounds put on your body! When I made bread many years ago, I stopped as I was eating too much. Warm out of the oven with lashings of butter. Mmmm...
Anyhow I have just started again. But in comparing the cost you also have to factor in the oven time which for loaves would be around 40 minutes - including warm up time. Which for us singletons is a good argument for batch baking and freezing.

viv0147

I have been making my own bread for the last 15 months using a breadmaker, and it's the best thing since sliced bread ha ha. It's so convenient and providing you have a stock of flour whatever the weather you can make a loaf. I was stuck in for 8 days during the bad snow we had, and it was a saviour the only time I buy a loaf of bread now is if its drastically reduced in price to make bread pudding my homemade bread is far to nice to use for bread pudding.

rachbc

Preaching to the choir here - plenty of people on the forum already making their own bread. I started with a machine but now bake by hand. I defiantely agree that its amazing how versatile a simple white dough can be...

lapis_lazuli

The tricky thing is calculating how much it costs for the power or gas to cook your bread, because that can cancel out the savings made by doing it by hand.

[Deleted User]

Another bread maker here.

The thing I like about making bread / cakes / pizza dough etc is that I can make nicer loaves than I can buy in the shop. I am not a fan of the sliced loaf at all. I had friends visit yesterday and so I made a focaccia. It takes ages to make due to several rising, but tastes amazing when warm straight out of the oven.

Can anyone help with advice on teacakes? I have made them before and they are great when warm, but go a bit hard and rubbery as soon as they cool. Any ideas?

tessie_bear

i like making bread because i know what went in to it...and its cheap...win win

squeaky

Can anyone help with advice on teacakes? I have made them before and they are great when warm, but go a bit hard and rubbery as soon as they cool. Any ideas?

Try keeping them wrapped in the fridge and, just before using, give them about twenty seconds on medium in the microwave (trial and error here) to freshen them. Just long enough to take the fridge temperature off.

You might want them warmer still - but that will be up to you

Butterfly_Brain

Spider_In_The_Bath wrote: »

Another bread maker here.


Can anyone help with advice on teacakes? I have made them before and they are great when warm, but go a bit hard and rubbery as soon as they cool. Any ideas?

Warm them in the microwave for 20 - 30 seconds and they come out just like they were freshly baked ( I do this with day old bread and rolls too )

Bubblyblonde

HiI have not made bread since school.I would like to get back into making it. With two children we make lots of cakes and biscuits but not bread.Is it wise to invest in a bread maker?thanks so much

Bella56

Bubblyblonde wrote: »

HiI have not made bread since school.I would like to get back into making it. With two children we make lots of cakes and biscuits but not bread.Is it wise to invest in a bread maker?thanks so much

You could always try Ebay, lots of people are having clear-outs at the moment. However making bread by hand is really easy too - so long as you have somewhere a bit warm, 10 minutes for kneading, another 5 for measuring ingredients, the rest of the time is just leaving it in a warm room as you get on with life, and baking it which warms up the kitchen nicely in this weather!

Having said all that, I still occasionally use my BM, using the Delay button at night to make bread that is done at 6am. Waking to the smell of freshly baked bread is divine. Got my Breville from Argos.