need a shopping list for baking bread please

Angelraesunshine

Ok i am picking up my new MR fastbake on tuesday morning.

now i have gone through the cupboards as i plan to use it tuesday pm after i get back from the park with the kids.

OOOPs i can officially say i have not baked bread since about 2004 as i found the yeast out of date june 2004 and the strong flour march 2004 though i think i bought it on offer as its hovis and not value stuff and then forgot i had it , but i opened the flour and its still perfect so gonna use it anyway. I yeast i have 4 sachets for as well.

But never used a bread machine before so are the ingredients much different do i need anything in particular to buy when i go shopping tomorrow?


think i should buy a few more strong flours and is it better to get a tub of yeast rather the the sachets???

anything else you can recommend that i will need?

Thanks

Angel x

hollyh

Hi i would say you would need

Vegetable oil
Salt
Sugar
Dried milk powder
Flour ( strong but people do use normal plain flour i haven't yet though )
yeast

I'm not too sure about the tubs of yeast cause i always use the sachets.

Angelraesunshine

hollyh wrote: »

Hi i would say you would need

Vegetable oil
Salt
Sugar
Dried milk powder
Flour ( strong but people do use normal plain flour i haven't yet though )
yeast

I'm not too sure about the tubs of yeast cause i always use the sachets.

Vegetable oil ~ got plenty
Salt ~ got plenty
Sugar ~ got plenty
Dried milk ~ powder nope dont have any of that (Thanks)
Flour ( strong but people do use normal plain flour i haven't yet though ) ~ got some
yeast ~ got some

MrsTinks

Just make sure you use yeast that's in date... flour I wouldn't worry too much about dates on but yeast WILL loose it's effectiveness I'm afraid... and there is a good chance you might end up with a brick if the yeast is too old I have a "bag" of dried yeast - should have gone for a tub with a lid... must have wasted at least half by knocking the darned bag thingy over so many times!

EmmaJ_3

I'd say definitely get some new yeast, I think that a tub or packet is more cost effective than the individual sachets and less fiddly to use.

Skimmed milk powder - I use tesco value and it's been fine.

Maybe try a few different strong bread flours - white, wholemeal, stoneground, to see what you like.

For some recipes the MR uses butter and honey as well.

And then theres the whole world of different flours, adding different seeds etc to explore!

krispyg76

Just out of curiosity, for those of you who have bought breadmakers, do you find them cost effective. Like you pay out for the machine and all the ingredients, is it worth the outlay and buying stuff all the time. I used to have one a few years ago and whta it made was ok but it did not beat fresh bread from a bakers each morning. But for 2 of us, a loaf a week is enough, 2 at the most.

JillD_2

I dont use skimmed milk mpowder. I just leave it out. Bread is fine.
My friend substitutes some of the water for milk instead.
I use fresh yeast which is free :j from Asda and some other supermarkets.
I use Smart Price Flour.

Think I worked out a loaf was less than 20p but my kids like shop biught stuff better :mad: So maybe dont listen to me LOL

Pink.

krispyg76 wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, for those of you who have bought breadmakers, do you find them cost effective. Like you pay out for the machine and all the ingredients, is it worth the outlay and buying stuff all the time. I used to have one a few years ago and whta it made was ok but it did not beat fresh bread from a bakers each morning. But for 2 of us, a loaf a week is enough, 2 at the most.

I definitely find it cost effective as I am no longer nipping out to the shop to buy bread which means I'm not sticking other unnecessary things into my basket too. Also in my opinion it tastes so much better than shop bought bread and I know exactly what goes into it.

I've averaged out the cost of my ingredients and find it costs between 30p and 40p for the ingredients for a 2lb loaf depending on what flour I'm using and whether or not I'm adding seeds etc. These threads might help with costings of homemade bread:

Is homemade bread REALLY cheaper?

Energy Cost of a bread machine

Postive and negative comments on breadmakers please?

Breadmakers and costs of loaves


If there are only two of you eating the bread it might be worth slicing and freezing it...only lifting out what you need on a daily basis.

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csarinaknight

I find that we eat more bread when make my own, but bought bread is so expensive and tasteless.......... I make 2 large loaves a week for two of us.

I use what ever wholemeal flour is on offer and Tesco strong white flour, do not put dried milk in just water, if you steam your potatoes you can use potato water.........for some reason I use demerera sugar......not quite sure why????? and oil rather than butter.............used to use the 5 hour bake but recently have been using the fast bake and its jutst as good............

MrsTinks

I think it's a close run thing on the cos effectiveness although some of the older threads get very technical including cost of electricity etc.
We have a mix of both here... OH likes his tasteless toast so I buy it from the reduced section at Tesco. But I like home made bread so occasionally I'll make myself a loaf. I do however use it nearly weekly for making either a banana loaf or ginger cake. When we have guests I also use it to knock up dough for rolls. I then bake them in the oven but the machine takes the hassle out of it for me which is important as I get inflamed tendons if I try to knead it. I can just about manage to make pastry dough but if I get carried away then I have to go and take some anti inflamatories as otherwise I won't be able to move my hands next day.
Does it save me money? Probably... but for me it saves me a lot of pain so I'd never even worry about how much money it saves me

Angelraesunshine

EmmaJ wrote: »

I'd say definitely get some new yeast, I think that a tub or packet is more cost effective than the individual sachets and less fiddly to use.

Skimmed milk powder - I use tesco value and it's been fine.

Maybe try a few different strong bread flours - white, wholemeal, stoneground, to see what you like.

For some recipes the MR uses butter and honey as well.

And then theres the whole world of different flours, adding different seeds etc to explore!

great think i better get a tub then.

i have butter and honey so thats cool.