Panasonic Breadmaker Half Price

larmy16

Mine was thrown over my back fence. No card put through door. Only discovered it today when I went put the recycling bins out. Hope it's ok as it is a present for someone. Should be secure in polystyrene or whatever its called.

I ummed and awwed over buying this, but am glad now the price has shot up!

Clutterfree

Okay just asked on The Grabbit board and I need;
fast action yeast
strong bread flour
butter
and dried milk powder.
Got the first three items - is the dried milk in the tea/coffee aisle? Never bought it before so not quite sure what I am looking for.
Need to have it on stock so that I can make some over Christmas.
Also any recommendations for which make flour makes the best wholemeal or granary please?
Thanks.

poorbabe

Mine was despatched yesterday instead of today and should arrive tomorrow :j :j :j . Am hoping my neighbour will be in to take it as our buzzer isn't working

Gemmzie

I've got mine Can't wait to make bread that actually tastes of bread and not cake (gluten free bread is vile)

Farway

Clutterfree wrote: »

Okay just asked on The Grabbit board and I need;
fast action yeast
strong bread flour
butter
and dried milk powder.
Got the first three items - is the dried milk in the tea/coffee aisle? Never bought it before so not quite sure what I am looking for.
Need to have it on stock so that I can make some over Christmas.
Also any recommendations for which make flour makes the best wholemeal or granary please?
Thanks.

Dried milk is in tea aisle, but you do not need it really unless you feel you have to follow recipes exactly.

Bread works fine without it, but if making immediately then 50/50 water & liquid milk would do you

Butter again is not important, any oil or fat would do, I use olive oil but any veg one would do. I have seen recommends for lard, but can not comment on that as never used it

Can't advise on best wholemeal etc, I always use what is on offer, seems to work fine but then I do not make loads of them, I mainly make 50/50 white/wholemeal which always works unlike 100% wholemeal which I find can be a bit "solid" at times

LJD1_2

Ours arrived today and DH made a large white loaf, it's divine! So much nicer than our old bread maker. Lighter, not at all stodgy. Lovely!

grreatsite2

I've used mine twice now and just wondered whether the size of loaf I'm getting sounds right. I made a large rapid white loaf and a xl granary loaf. I know those are likely to be smaller than a normal white but both were about the size of a small-medium loaf in the shops. Does this sound ok or do you think I'm doing anything wrong or could there be a problem with the maker?

LJD1_2

My large was about 21cm tall with the same base size as the tin. Compared with our old bread maker it's twice the size of the loaf we used to make.

I can't believed I just measured my loaf of bread!

nell2

I ordered one of these because I couldn't believe what a good price it was. It's just arrived - and I want to make some bread. However, I can't work out from the manual (or am too excited to read it properly), do you have to melt the butter before you put it into the machine or can you put it in as a lump. Any advice please.
Thank you in advance

grreatsite2

LJD1 wrote: »

My large was about 21cm tall with the same base size as the tin. Compared with our old bread maker it's twice the size of the loaf we used to make.

I can't believed I just measured my loaf of bread!

I think it's either the type of bread of bread I made or it's something I'm doing then because i would have said mine was 12cm max for the xl granary..HELP!!!!!