Where do you buy your flour from?

peachyprice

Lidl for me, their bread flour is consistently excellent, haven't had a bad loaf yet, SR and plain is about the same as Sainsbury's Basics, which is perfectly fine for all but very specials cakes.

I once bought a couple of bags of Asda bread flour, never again, couldn't get one decent loaf out of it, I don't find Tesco all that good either, Sainsbury's is Ok, but still not as good as Lidl.

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On a related side note where is the cheapest for yeast for a breadmaker?

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To answer my own question Allinson yeast 77p(51p each) is on a 3 for 2 at Tesco along with Bread flour 80p per 1.5kg(offer 53p) hope it helps.

greatgimpo

A._Badger wrote: »

I really doubt there is any significant difference between any of the own brand (or Aldi/Lidl) types of flour - and I definitely don't think it's worth paying extra for one of the big brands.

Personally, I find Aldi's just fine and well priced.

Yes it does make a difference. My bread always comes out MUCH better with Lidl flour as it includes ascorbic acid. I don't know what it does, but bread is less dense if it has this in with the flour.

dlusman

treboeth wrote: »

On a related side note where is the cheapest for yeast for a breadmaker?

Free if you have a Tesco near you that does an instore bakery. ( i.e does their own baking from scratch , not just reheating )
Just ask at the counter if they can give you some yeast

A._Badger

greatgimpo wrote: »

Yes it does make a difference. My bread always comes out MUCH better with Lidl flour as it includes ascorbic acid. I don't know what it does, but bread is less dense if it has this in with the flour.

Ascorbic acid is vitamin C. It's used as a preservative. Go, as they say, figure.

Added later:

On reflection, I should have explained that AA is commonly used as a preservative but in bread it is known as a flour improver. Commercial bakers find it improves the loaf in a variety of ways. 'Real bread' fanatics disapprove, though they seem vague about why they don't like it.