*I wanna* start making my own bread

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

However - I have no idea what type of breadmaker to buy!

Don't really want to spend a fortune on one. Can anyone suggest any?

Thanks! :T:T

savingmonkey

I was lucky to get one from freecycle - worth trying on there as I often see them posted - you could put a wanted post.

They are pricey, I think the Panasonic one is the most highly recommended and the one I was given is an old version of this. I actually don't really like the taste of the white bread it makes, maybe I am used to supermarkets adding flavouring! I like fruit bread made in it and it is good for pizza dough.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-SD-2500-Automatic-Breadmaker-Program/dp/B004RTJWMC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367327277&sr=8-1&keywords=panasonic+breadmaker

Nile

The baking experts in the 'Old Style' board should have some suggestions, so I'll move your thread across.;)

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Nile

Steve059

savingmonkey wrote: »

I was lucky to get one from freecycle - worth trying on there as I often see them posted <snip>

Which begs the question, "Why are there so many for sale?"

Don't spend a fortune. Make it by hand. A large bowl, baking tray (for rolls) and loaf tin. Takes up much less space on the worktop and then in the back of the cupboard. Indeed, they can be used for other things. Recipe available on request.

oldtractor

make it by hand! much more satisfying

Pink.

I prefer bread baked in the oven rather than the bread maker but still use my morphy richards breadmaker to mix and prove the bread.

These threads may help you to choose a breadmaker:

Which is the best home breadmaker?

Bread Maker - worth it?

Which Bread Maker?

I'll add your thread to the most recent one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Ppink

-taff

I had a good breadmaker, but there's something about it that I just can't make any kind of brown bread in it. They come out like bricks or flat, or horrible.
And it realy annoys me that there are always two holes in the bottom from the paddles.

I do it by hand now.

Steveswift

Hi all,

Been a member this site for years and always pop my head up In different threads as my fancy takes me ( something for ever one on this site) My latest inquiry is on bread making hence the visit:j hi all.


My research is showing that the cost to make bread whether by hand or with a bread maker ( I own one) can not compete with supermarkets and therefor if my objective is to save money this is not the way ahead. However if I want healthy choices and control over what I put into my body, coupled with endless recipe choices then home made is the way ahead. Have i in essence gotten that right?


Summary:

Supermarket cheap
Home made Nicer/healthier

iammumtoone

I have just got a bread maker (charity shop find - morphy richards) I like it, got cinnamon and raisin bread on the go at the moment. I will admit that I might not like it quite as much if I had paid full price, whilst nice the bread is just not the same as shop brought, the hole at the end is very annoying. Also I can't get it to make wholemeal yet (they come out flat) I always buy wholemeal so may have to go back to shop brought (but not given up on machine yet)

What brand of shop brought are you comparing to as when I did my calculations it was cheaper than shop brought (but I do buy hovis). If you are comparing the value bread cost you may be right, but there wont be much in it. I would say it is worth the slight extra for healthier bread which you know what goes in it.

Steveswift

Thanks for the reply, you are right I am comparing it to general cheap bread on supermarket web sites Tesco Kings mill 50/50 for £1.

I am just doing a personal audit on our spending and want to leave no stone unturned, as you would expert for a MSE'r

I have made bread with my bread maker every now and then and generally pick a bread mix pack add yeast and off you go, starting to look at buying bigger batches of flour to work out the cost etc..

I save all off cuts and make Bread and butter pudding, which I priced up at some thing like 30penace a portion, the trouble is my wife doesn't like Bread and butter pudding so she misses out. ( I think school days put her off and she won't give it a chance grrrrrrr)

When you make a fresh loaf I can't get decent workable slices out of it and then have doorstep type sandwiches which means I am probably eating more at a sitting then I should. Certainly its not simple for making packed lunch's for work etc.. So I have been looking at making rolls which are more portion friendly if you get my drift. But when you look at the price of rolls in a supermarket it is hard to compete.

I totally accept the health. quality. variety argument, I can also add another... the entertainment factor, my grandsons love adding the ingredients ( such as they are) pressing the buttons, watching the turning action, smelling the bread and eating it fresh with granddads home made plum jam.

As I say I am just doing a personal audit and wanted to be sure that I understood the maths. After all some people need to squeeze every penny, I am not in the boat... yet but who knows

Regards

Steve


oops compare how many working slices of bread you get out of a standard shop bought loaf and that you get out of a bread maker baked loaf

joedenise

Have to agree HM bread is much nicer than shop bought bread.

With regard to flat wholemeal loaves you might get a better rise if you add some lemon juice or a crushed vitamin C tablet to your bread. It's something to do with there not being enough gluten in wholemeal flour and apparently it is worse than usual at the moment because of the wet weather we had last summer. You won't be able to taste the lemon.

Denise