Breadmaker - Budget option

squeaky

Yeah, but at least you'd get neat inch thick slices!

soba

Yeah that's true!

Aries

Ive been trying some of Squeakys yummy recipes,there great!
I use an Electric carving knife to slice it,Im hopeless trying to cut it by hand.
Kath.

MATH

squeaky wrote:

Yeah, but at least you'd get neat inch thick slices!

You can get neater slices by putting the loaf on its end and slicing horizontally. HTH

xxbutterflygirlxx

A big thanks to whoever suggeated using ordinary flour in the breadmaker - it definitely works! No more bread flour for me now, half price bread, makes it even cheaper than a value loaf! Next step is begging fresh yeast from Tesco (a friend used to be a baker there and he said they really do just hand it out if you ask) and seeing if that works as well.

Shez

I've been read this thread with interest - me too has been tempted for quite a while to buy one.

Can I ask what basic ingredients do you put in for a loaf? just ord flour and water & yeast? and does it really work out cheaper than buying one? say: buying the cheapest flour? or do they just taste a lot better and not necessarily cost cheaper?

elona

You also need to add sugar salt and oil - and in a particular order - with some you put the yeast in fisrt and with mine you put the yeast in last.

My lot will not eat shop bought bread now and love the home made pizza dough , bread rolls and home made jam.

MATH

Shez wrote:

I've been read this thread with interest - me too has been tempted for quite a while to buy one.

Can I ask what basic ingredients do you put in for a loaf? just ord flour and water & yeast? and does it really work out cheaper than buying one? say: buying the cheapest flour? or do they just taste a lot better and not necessarily cost cheaper?

For basic white bread you need

water
flour (I use cheapo plain flour at 26p a bag which will make three large loaves)
oil
sugar
salt
yeast

It is more expensive than buying economy bread but much nicer and cheaper than buying in-store bakery bread. HTH

Shez

Thanks Elona & Math, I certainly am tempted, the smell of lovely fresh bread baking is yummy.:D

Does the jam take long to do?

(I noticed the morphy richards fastbake in my tesco last nite was £45).

Shez

I have been reading some reviews on the panasonic and the morphy richards fast bake.

The downside seems to be that the panasonic bakes small loaves - is this correct? and it doesnt have a window?

but everyone seems to recommend the panasonic on here.