I am in love with my Panasonic breadmaker

debbiedebt

It's so annoying when my Tesco has an offer like the Doves flour there is never any on the shelves when I go in.

Jo_anne_2

Sola wrote: »

I'm about to order the SD254; had a Hinari years ago which wasn't very good. Wonder if anyone could answer my questions please before I take the plunge?

EDIT: I've gone ahead and ordered it from Amazon, but would still appreciate any answers - thanks.

I had a Hinari BM before but find the Panasonic SD254 much much better! The shape of the loaves is better for slicing than the Hinari, which seemed to be too tall and thin. The Panasonic recipe book seems to be infallible - everything has worked beautifully, so I am sure you will be pleased with your purchase

aytch

I just wanted to say thank you for all the hints and tips, after several failures, followed the guidance given in various posts - and voila, half a loaf of bread ..... we have eaten the rest!!

:beer:

Sunnyday

Glad to see it was sucessful Aytch,
now you have many more half loaves to look forward to lol.
SD

FZwanab

People have mentioned using oil instead of butter. Could you use olive oil ?and if so how much do you use when the recipe states 15g of butter, would that equate to 15ml of oil?

JEFFWT

FZwanab wrote: »

People have mentioned using oil instead of butter. Could you use olive oil ?and if so how much do you use when the recipe states 15g of butter, would that equate to 15ml of oil?

Hi Penny - I usually use olive oil instead of butter (easier & healthier :cheesy:) and I do just try and substitute mls for grams.
It's just a guesstimate, pouring from the bottle but I don't think it's critical to get the exact equivalent.

In fact apart from the flour, water and yeast I just do a rough guess for any other ingredients.

Good Luck!,

Jeff

ariba10

If you have an electronic scales you can put the pan on it and you can see how much oil you put in. ---- 15 gms = 15 mil.

We weigh the water in a separate container and found it to be a lot easier than trying to look for the level in a jug.

nell2

ariba10 wrote: »

If you have an electronic scales you can put the pan on it and you can see how much oil you put in. ---- 15 gms = 15 mil.

We weigh the water in a separate container and found it to be a lot easier than trying to look for the level in a jug.

I think weighing the water is a great idea. When I discovered the weight of water, I got loads faster at setting up my breadmaker. Does oil weigh the same as water? I know the gram for mil thing works for water but I wasn't sure about other liquids. When I had a spare minute, I was going to experiment with oil, milk, etc to see if they weighed the same. I have not yet had a spare moment!! Does anyone know about other liquids?

PS Made foccaccia in my Panny this evening (or the dough at least) and it was yummy.

Sola

I would imagine milk weighs the same as water - 'a pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter.' (I tend not to do metric!)

nell2

Sola wrote: »

I would imagine milk weighs the same as water - 'a pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter.' (I tend not to do metric!)

I didn't know that, and I like the rhyme!