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jcarney

Hi,

I bought a Panasonic beadmaker at Christmas and up to now I have only used the ready mixes from Tesco (own brand) and Hovis.

THe only success was Hovis white which was perfect. Tesco and Hovis wholemeal and granary all seemed failures whith the loaves only reaching halfway up the pan and the bread heavy. I tried increasing the water and this improved matters but nowhere near the excellent results of the Hovis white.

I have used fastbake and normal wnd selected 'large' The best of the bunch occurred when I inadvertantly selected extra large.

Is my machine faulty?, the recipes say select large, is this ok, I have been adding butter or margerine.

Marvo434

Clutterfree wrote: »

I got this in the Lakeland sale and it has improved my bread slicing no end!
HTH.
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!10710

Another endorsement for the £2.99 gadget that Clutterfree found. I bought one after reading the above post, and it is really good! Equal and even slices every time.

Ellidee

Marvo434 wrote: »

Another endorsement for the £2.99 gadget that Clutterfree found. I bought one after reading the above post, and it is really good! Equal and even slices every time.

Oh d*mn just clicked on link and it's sold out !

ka7e

Still has "Buy now" - and it added to basket!

Ellidee

Actually I phoned local store and they had 6 in stock (still at sale price) so OH is getting one this afternoon.

vonlance

been making some great loaves so far,
but i've had some difficulty in gettin the bread out the pan when it's done.

what do you guys do?

and also, how long do u wait before your slice your loaf?

Maggiesunshine

Hello - please please could any of the Panny users tell me whether the recipes need tweaking for the 254 - I have just bought one .. and I read somewhere on this site - cant remember where - that some of the recipes dont work .... oh dear .... so before I start cos I want to start on a high - please could I have some tips???? I remember that sugar, years - liquid were not always correct????? Also flour .... is it really that important to buy for exampel Waitrose flour (if one can find a waitrose ....) and so on!! Many thanks Maggie

Speculator

I use Tesco Strong white bread flour 1.5kg for 48p and Tesco Strong Stoneground 100% Wholemeal Bread Flour (1.5Kg) 93p. (see below)

I have tried Waitrose and Hovis Brand before but switched to Tesco brand and see no difference in the quality of the bread.






Always put in the yeast in first, then the flour, sugar, salt, butter or oil and finally the water.

Bloatyhead

We've tried both the Sainsburys and Tesco ownbrand bread flour and found the Sainsburys one far superior in quality to the Tesco although of course flour quality for any brand can vary quite a bit apparently - we found the Tesco flour gave a rather "heavy" feel to the bread.

The Sainsburys flour used to be 48p like Tesco but they racked it up to 89p awhile back although it has dropped back down to 79p probably because Hovis is only 85p.

I've just had a look at the Sainsburys site and this is their current prices/options.
Sainsbury's Strong White Bread Flour, Unbleached 1.5kg

£0.79/unit


Hovis Bread Flour, Super Strong, White 1.5kg £1.16/unit
Hovis Bread Flour, Strong White 1.5kg £0.85/unit
Hovis Bread Flour, Strong Wholemeal 1.5kg £1.02/unit
Hovis Seeded White Bread Flour 1kg £1.16/unit
Sainsbury's 100% Wholemeal Flour, Strong, Stoneground 1.5kg £0.99/unit

salthepal

Hovis granary mix is now 50p at Asda.