Breadmaker

allym464

Hello,

I am umming and aaring over whether to buy a breadmaker. It is just for myself at home but one of my new year resolutions is to eat healthier and I am conscious about the amount of rubbish that goes into bread these days. Does anyone know whether it is economical to do this and would I have to eat it all at once or would it survive for a few days.
Thanks all!

mmmsnow

Our bread lasts a few days. If you are finding you have lots left over after that, then you can make a smaller loaf (most breadmakers have 3 loaf sizes to choose from). There's only two of us in my household and we always have the mid-sized loaf.

At the moment, it costs us about 60p a loaf to make (this is a 25% wholemeal loaf with seeds). A supermarket equivalent loaf would be around double the price.

We keep our loaf in a Lakeland bread bag, which seems to keep it quite well.

rowsew

Morning, may I direct you here -
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1001965
Make your own dough, keep it for up to a week in the fridge, make the bread you want in whichever sizes you need, or rolls, or knock out a pizza. No kneading until youe wrists ache either. I had a lovely bread machine many years ago when they were first available, and it was great, but this method works better for my household, we have HM bread every day, and there's no faff shaking loaves out of silly shaped pots, and digging out paddles from within the crust. I've been using this method for about five years now, and it's the best. Good luck

Mrs-hoppy_2

I too have been toying with getting a breadmaker for while. I would like to be able to make bread, rolls, pizza dough etc.

I like the 50/50 loaves so not sure if I'd be able to recreate something similar.

Also am due to have a baby in a few months and have a one year old so If its time consuming to make it's probably not for me at the moment. But I'm not sure if it is

louby40

Hi

I borrowed my brothers breadmaker in November - to see whether we would like it. And we've still got it and have been using it nearly every day.

We tend to make a loaf at the weekend for toast, bacon sandwiches etc but make bread rolls during the week for packed lunches.

This seems to work for us. The bread does keep for a few days and freezes really well once baked.

I batch baked a large number of bread rolls for use over Christmas/New Year and just took them out a few at a time.

If you could borrow one that would be ideal as then you could try it out first.

Louise

allym464

Thanks everyone for your replies. I think I might get one as I have large commute and would be nice to just push a button before I go to bed and wake up to lovely smells.... unless I do something wrong of course!

Mrs-hoppy_2

How long does it take to get the ingredients together the night before? If it just a case of stick everything in a mixing bowl and then into the breadmaker?

allym464

Mrs-hoppy wrote: »

How long does it take to get the ingredients together the night before? If it just a case of stick everything in a mixing bowl and then into the breadmaker?

I was watching a video of one and it looked like they just measured out the ingredients and put it all in and hit a button... I am so hoping that is all I need to do.... otherwise I will need to be slightly more organised!

bearcub

We bought a breadmaker last spring, and have never regretted it. Our local baker makes excellent bread, but it's pricey, and the only bread in our local supermarket that's decent is expensive, too. I do like good bread, so we decided to spoil ourselves. We tend to make a small white or medium sized wholemeal loaf every two days, depending on how many meals we'll need bread for. I find that any left after 2 days isn't really useable, except for breadcrumbs - no preservative. Both of us are retired, so either OH or I set it up in the morning before we go out - it takes 8 minutes max - and it's just about finished by the time we get back at lunchtime. Compared to ordinary supermarket loaves, the cost is probably a little higher, but is much cheaper than any good shop-bought bread.

Austin_Allegro

I used to have a breadmaker, but didn't bring it with me when I moved abroad. I find I don't need it as soda bread is very quick and easy to make. It also seems to last longer than bread machine bread which for some reason seems to become very dry and inedible after only a day.

Badrick

Mrs-hoppy wrote: »

How long does it take to get the ingredients together the night before? If it just a case of stick everything in a mixing bowl and then into the breadmaker?

We bought a digital scale and just sit the bread pan on that, adding the required quantities in the right order (remembering to zero scale between ingredients )