My Morphy Richards Bread maker wont do it!

larmy16

I know some of you use the Morphy Richards breadmaker and on some previous posts I have read of people using theirs to do mixes in etc. and other recipes with great results.

Well, my one wont do anything but the recipes in the leaflet. It also goes wrong if you dont measure everything really accurately!

Yesterday I copied a recipe off the back of some flour - it was for breadmakers and it came out like concrete!!!

I dont know if it is my particular breadmaker but I did something once before with the same disastrous results. Any ideas?

Of course, now I am reading how good the Panasonic is I am starting to fantasise buying one of them, but it would be so extravagant when I have this one already. :mad:

squeaky

For those other mixes you could try just making dough and then keeping an eye on it until it has risen enough and then set the machine to bake.

I only ever do the basic white bread by the program on my machine now (not MR), all other breads I do as just described.

Loadsabob

My MR Fastbake seems to work well for me with other recipes. I haven't used the booklet that came with it for a long time.

I bought two books on bread machine baking, and use either one of those (at the moment it's usually a farmhouse white recipe that I use more wholewheat flour than it suggests, and it still comes out lovely).

Since reading those books though, I have become less precious about measuring. I mean, I still do measure quite accurately, but I'm not so nervous about it, and know I can add flour or water to make the dough softer or harder, and how to adapt recipes. I'm happier now with opening the lid and giving it a prod (as long as it's not during the last rise), and generally using it as a tool rather than something I'm a bit wary of.

However, my best bread is still when I use the machine on the dough-only cycle for a medium loaf, knock the bread back, fold it into a tin, let it rise until a good height in a warm place covered with a teatowel, then bake on 200c for half an hour. Perfect!

So, I'm not sure whether it could be a dodgy machine?..although I don't think I would get such a good heighted loaf if I let the machine bake it each time...they're always a little denser. Not as yummy, though still better than shop-bought.

...and I'm looking forward to getting a Panasonic one day, too!

Ticklemouse

Hmmm - does sound like your machine, TBH. My friend has a Fastbake and her bread always turns out OK.

For those of you who are hankering after the Panasonic, I got the Russell Hobbs Breadman Ultimate last week and it's brill. I've made ordinary loaves, fruit breads and yesterday made a choccy cake. All lovely and not much left of any of it Argos have it reduced to £66.65 at the mo - from £99ish. Amazon have it at about £144 I think!!

I know Margaret was wondering on one thread if anyone had used this machine - well, I have

rchddap1

I haven't really had need to try any other recipes in my fastbake as yet. Made some wholemeal rolls yesterday....for the freezer...currently only have 1 left that I can freeze

Kippsy

I was given a MR by someone who had lost the paddle and couldn't be bothered with it. Got a new paddle and instruction book for it but not impressed at all with the results.... might ebay it...

As I said in another post I have been totally spoiled by the local italian bakery! But I might be tmepted with a panasonic or similar as everyone raves about them and the MR I have is only a fairly cheapy one.

rchddap1

But the fact that I wasn't shelling out £100 for a breadmaker, that I wasn't sure I'd even use was the reason why I bought it in the first place. I had no idea whether I'd use it every day, once a week, once a month or never. It is a good machine to start off with, particularly when someone is in a position like i was.

Now, I would have no problem spending £100 on a good Panasonic, but for the moment my MR fastbake does the job fine. Anyway, we use it more for making pizzas than anything else.

elona

It also makes fantastic jam and great dough for bread rolls! :j

MATH

Is anyone else happy with their cheap 'n' cheerful breadmaker? Mine (a Mellerware) only cost £40 when they first came on the market. If I were to buy a similar model today I would be looking at spending £25. It makes wonderful white and wholemeal bread, dough, cakes, and jam.

tootles_2

I bought a bread maker when they first came out, but rarely used it to bake bread, I used to make the dough in it and then bake the loaf in the oven, I have an idea it was an Hinari.... anyway I sold it and bought a Panasonic which I love, it was not cheap but I think over the past 3 years it has saved me its cost twice over and the bread is so much nicer than the plastic stuff you buy in the shops. I do have a problem cutting slices though, will have to have a look at the gadget from Lakeland, made white bread today and its over half gone aready. Love the malt loaf it makes as well, try keeping that!!! I have to hide it or freeze it straight away so DH does not find it and start layering on the butter.

I use my pressure cooker to make jam or marmalade makes about 6lbs at a time which is fine for the two of us.

Turning_into_scrooge

larmy16 wrote:

I know some of you use the Morphy Richards breadmaker and on some previous posts I have read of people using theirs to do mixes in etc. and other recipes with great results.

Well, my one wont do anything but the recipes in the leaflet. It also goes wrong if you dont measure everything really accurately!

Yesterday I copied a recipe off the back of some flour - it was for breadmakers and it came out like concrete!!!

I dont know if it is my particular breadmaker but I did something once before with the same disastrous results. Any ideas?

Of course, now I am reading how good the Panasonic is I am starting to fantasise buying one of them, but it would be so extravagant when I have this one already. :mad:

I know this is probably the most stupid question you will get but is the yeast you're using specifically for bread machines and is it fresh or been kept in the firidge for no longer than 3 months? If not that may be your problem