How to remove pan from Morphy Richards Fast Bake?

CompBunny

Hello!

I've just bought a morphy richards fastbake breadmaker for £5, yay! Have wanted to try a BM for years after reading about them on OS

Is there a knack to removing the pan from the machine? I found instructions online but can't see any idiot-proof instructions for lifting out the darn pan :rotfl:

Also, what is the cheapest loaf I can make in there?

A lot require milk powder. Can I substitute with fresh milk instead to save having to buy an extra ingredient?

Thanks! xxx

JustThisOnce

You need to twist the pan anti-clockwise to pull it out, I think. It's not very obvious, just looking at it. I had to look it up recently (got roped in to look after a neighbour's machine when she had to nip out, only to realise I had no idea how to get the bread out). As I'm a newbie, I can't post the link to the manual I found, but it's on a site called ManualsLib if that helps.

Hope that helps. Have fun with the breadmaker.

JTO

CompBunny

Thanks so much! I'll give it a try now! Really kind of you to sign up to post that xxx

CompBunny

It worked a treat Thankyou. Feel a bit stupid for not figuring it out but problem solved!

JustThisOnce

Oh, it took me ages to work it out before, and I was desperate to get my neighbour's hazelnut and chocolate loaf out before it spoiled!

I've been lurking on the forums for a while, picking up tips from all over the place. Nice to be useful to someone else for a change...

JTO

Bollotom

Additionally, I've used half milk (fresh) and half water. I've also put into the mix a teaspoon of olive oil. I make the ones from supermarket and they're about 80p a bag. I think it depends how many you make but flour yeast and milk bought separately will probably work out cheaper than the mixes. Nice bread baking smell and grilled bacon don't need discussing, although three and a half hours can be a but much, lol.

CompBunny

Thanks guys Hope you join in lots of threads now you've signed up JustThisOnce!

We've got the BM on for the first time, just omitted the milk powder and used the basic white recipe from the Morphy Richards manual - link here for future searchers http://www.morphyrichards.co.uk/Pdf/IB48282.pdf .

Because I don't have a life:

£1.19 for a bag of strong flour - estimate we used a fifth of a bag? From the co-op so probably much cheaper elsewhere. 24p
£0.95 Yeast, 8 sachets. Used 0.75 sachet - 9p
Oil, sugar, salt...had these already..I guess about 15p worth?

So before electricity that will be 48p for a 1.5lb loaf. (680g)

The loaves we usually buy are 750g and try and only buy if £1. So a 680g loaf of the same would cost 91p, meaning a saving of 43p ! Excellent! Before electricity of course.