Which Bread Maker?

kazmeister

Hi Karren

I have coeliac and have not yet managed to make a successful gluten free loaf in a BM. I know some on here have done but I've tried several different recipes and they all seem to stick to the tin like glue or try to climb out of it! I have never even thought about how much bread and cakes my children eat, because I dont think you can do anything to prevent getting it. Things to look for in children are signs of malnutrition, bloated tummys, frequent bowel motions, pale and tired (anaemia). If they showed any signs of these then I would take mine to GP for blood tests.

Hope this helps a little
kaz

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Hi karren,

Sorry, but I can't help with the coeliac problem but these older threads might help:

Energy Cost of a bread machine

Postive and negative comments on breadmakers please?

Breadmakers and costs of loaves

Is homemade bread REALLY cheaper?


There was another thread posted yesterday on recommending which machine is best so I'll add your thread to it.

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JoeyEmma

A breadmaker is evil. I have just stood in the kitchen making a cup of tea and have eaten two slices of bread, spread thickly with cream cheese and a big dollop of blackberry jam.

Damn you OS. I blame you for introducing me to the wonders of a Panasonic breadmaker and also for teaching me to make HM jam with free blackberries.

karren

Morphy Richards Compact Bread Maker 48245
on kelcoo site, does anyone have one are they any good, the review on the site said it does what it says on the tin, it makes jam too and its only £32 so seems a bargain or is it useless?

belfastgirl23

My dieting tip is not to buy butter or jam I dread to think how much of the stuff we'd have got through by now if we had these

BTW Kerren the consensus seems to be that panasonic is better but if you search there is also a Morphy Richards thread somewhere on this board where they might be able to help you better

melie3

hi all,
seen a lot of threads about the panasonic one, but at the moment a bit out of my price. should i hang on until i can afford a good one, or is a cheap 30 quid just as good. i was gonna make bread with my kenwood chef, but my friend was telling me about her one being good.
kindest regards mel

angchris

definately wait untill you can afford the panny!! the panny is by far the best if you have to wait another year it will be worth it, put your £30 away somewhere towards it and keep checking the boards for offers. amazon had the panny on offer not so long ago for £39.99 which loads of us snapped up, it will hopefully come on offer again eventually. theres nothing worse than having to eat bread that looks and tastes like a yeasty heavy brick that i used to get with my old bm.
bear in mind that you only get what you pay for and although the initial investment might seem high it will pay dividends in the long run as your bread will only cost you 35p a loaf for the rest of the breadmakers life. far better to get one that is recommended by us old stylers who make bread daily than to buy a cheap model that makes pants bread and the breadmaker then gets shoved in the cupboard gathering dust because its rubbish!

Raveboy

angchris wrote: »

bear in mind that you only get what you pay for and although the initial investment might seem high it will pay dividends in the long run as your bread will only cost you 35p a loaf for the rest of the breadmakers life.

my local convience store (lidl) does loaves of wholemeal bread for about 42p. This is only 7p more but it saves on all the hassle of preparing the bread ingediants, cleaninmg up all the mess, saves on space - no were to find space in cupbaord when not in use.

okay, if you have the time to spend making bread but is it really worth it for me and saving 7p?

Merlot

Raveboy wrote: »

my local convience store (lidl) does loaves of wholemeal bread for about 42p. This is only 7p more but it saves on all the hassle of preparing the bread ingediants, cleaninmg up all the mess, saves on space - no were to find space in cupbaord when not in use.

okay, if you have the time to spend making bread but is it really worth it for me and saving 7p?

Yes, it is worth it, HM bread is far better than the lower end of the market bread, have you ever tried HM bread, or by the other posts tonight on this board have you tried cooking You really don't know what your missing.

Merlot

angchris

Raveboy wrote: »

my local convience store (lidl) does loaves of wholemeal bread for about 42p. This is only 7p more but it saves on all the hassle of preparing the bread ingediants, cleaninmg up all the mess, saves on space - no were to find space in cupbaord when not in use.

okay, if you have the time to spend making bread but is it really worth it for me and saving 7p?

lidl are great for their prices im not denying that, when i can get there i do stock up on food but what do they put in the bread...additives to make it stay fresh. it takes no more than 2 mins to chuck the ingredients in my bm and there is no real mess to clean up as the bread comes out clean from the pan.
not everyone has the luxury of being able to get to the shops every few days to buy bread, my oh works long hours and is often away 3/4 days or more a week i cant rely on having a car for when i need to go shopping for bread and im sure not going to jump on the bus to go 4 miles into town just for bread so a breadmaker is the ideal solution for me...i can have fresh tasty hm bread as and when i want it and i know whats gone into it. i keep a supply of flour/yeast etc in the cupboard and can sort myself out rather than relying on others to get it for me. my bm lives on my worktop as it is used daily/every other day and is far more use to me than the toaster/micro/george foreman etc put together!