Bread maker

Ami13

Hey everyone,

I’m on a huge budget cutting mission........... I’m thinking of purchasing a bread maker 

Has anyone got any recommendations? I’m looking around the £60 mark 

joedenise

I don't think you'll find a bread maker will be money saving!  The bread doesn't work out as cheap as buying it at the supermarket, just nicer bread for the price but you might find yourself eating far more bread than you currently do!

Or, it may be that you soon get fed up with how much bread you are actually making and just give up with it and go back to buying it at the SM and the machine will end up in a cupboard unwanted and eventually end up in a charity shop - which is what happened to mine!

Most recommendation are for Panasonic which is what I had but unfortunately they are far more than £60.  Something like a Morphy Richards one would probably be a good bet for one around at price.  Try Ama*on or Arg*s to check out prices.

VeganLois

I personally love mine.  I bought a compact version, as I am on my own, from Lakeland.  Full price is around £60 but I managed to grab one on their ebay outlet for around £40.  I use it for pizza dough and rolls as well as normal bread.  L1dl has cheap flour.  I live a good distance from the shops do for me it is very convenient.  I add seeds and nuts etc so create gourmet type loaves for a fraction of the price.  This is my 2nd so am a true convert 😊

Sky_

I'd hang on until after the pandemic--I suspect there will be a lot of lockdown breadmakers given away or sold cheaply once life returns to normal.

I'm on my second Panasonic--the first was used daily and lasted over 10 years.  The current one is a few years old and used 2-3 x a week (just two of us at home now).  

I do find it saves money, partly because I buy flour in bulk online and partly because it reduces trips to the shops 'just for bread'.  I mostly put mine on overnight using the timer, so we wake up to freshly baked bread.  The bread is also much, much nicer and I like knowing what goes into it.

Before having a breadmaker (the first was a Christmas present from a parent) I used to bake all our bread by hand and just made 'quick bread' when I was extra busy.  (Wholemeal bread that is made with a little extra water so the dough is just stirred well, left to rise in the tin and baked.)  I no longer have a recipe, but we all liked it, so that might be worth googling and would avoid the outlay of a breadmaker for now. 

flora48

My Morphy  Richards served me well for years. My new one is from Lakeland and is very similar, cost around £90. It doesn’t work out any cheaper to make you own, just very nice bread.

Ami13

Thank you, realty appreciate your replies im definitely going to sit down and have a look around. 

clive0510

I got my breadmaker in aldis. it cost about £30 I seem to remember. it makes lovely bread, need to use the bread within a few days or freeze it. it doesn't have the preservities in it that shop bought bread has. 
also aldis currently have bread flour,white and wholemeal for .55p a bag, and that makes 3 loaves.

xrayxray

I don't use mine for bread because they quite frankly come out awful.  I use it for banana bread, sponges, mixing the dough for and cheese twists, cake, and rolls. 

thriftwizard

My breadmaker is one of the few gadgets I'd replace if it died. It's a Panasonic, but I've also used a Morphy Richards which turned out a very decent loaf. I too bulk-buy flour online (but you need adequate dry storage to do that) and do mainly overnight loaves, which have time to rise properly, but dough for pizzas, naan, cinnamon buns etc. is where it does save us money (and time & effort) and that is partly because of being a larger-than-average household. One pizza doesn't cost much, but 4 or 5 (8 here at one stage) do...

MandM90

I have a panasonic SD2500 which I love, would recommend a secondhand one (new they are £100 - was a birthday gift a few years ago)

We only like nicer bakery style bread so I either make it or buy it reduced from the supermarket. Where it really comes into it's own for money saving is to make banana bread, pizza bases and jam using reduced price fruit!

Ami13

thriftwizard said:

My breadmaker is one of the few gadgets I'd replace if it died. It's a Panasonic, but I've also used a Morphy Richards which turned out a very decent loaf. I too bulk-buy flour online (but you need adequate dry storage to do that) and do mainly overnight loaves, which have time to rise properly, but dough for pizzas, naan, cinnamon buns etc. is where it does save us money (and time & effort) and that is partly because of being a larger-than-average household. One pizza doesn't cost much, but 4 or 5 (8 here at one stage) do...

Thanks hunni
which site do you bulk buy your flour from?