I am in love with my Panasonic breadmaker

noodlepoodle

Thank you so much for your fast reponses, Churchmouse and deebee. I am now sitting next to my breadmaker waiting for it to start mixing.

I'll let you know as soon as it starts.

Lorian

Wholemeal from "the panny" is gorgeous. I've noticed that hovis wholemeal is slightly whiter than tesco cheap wholemeal strong flower. I actually prefer the tesco (and its much cheaper).

as for Sugar, every reciepe I've tried in the panny book works fine with it's 1 TEA spoon of sugar. More than that sounds unhealthy to me.

Lorian

I have started experimenting with rapeseed oil, to make Omega 3 bread. I think the fatty acids should survive the baking process, as the write-ups for rapeseed say it survives if used for frying. I'm no food scientist though. It add a slightly nutty taste to the bread and about 10p to the cost of a loaf.

Also a word on oil instead of butter in the reciepes. I find the only real difference is in the crust. If you use butter the crust is really nice. If you use oil, the crust is still very good, but has a slightly different (harder) texture. This is for white bread. The difference is unnoticable on wholemeal. I normally use sunflower though, not olive.

I love my panasonic:kisses2:

I notice the price has gone up to £74 on Amazon now.

noodlepoodle

noodlepoodle wrote: »

Thank you so much for your fast reponses, Churchmouse and deebee. I am now sitting next to my breadmaker waiting for it to start mixing.

I'll let you know as soon as it starts.

Wow, it's moving now.:T Looking forward to the delicious bread.

Angelina-M

noodlepoodle wrote: »

Wow, it's moving now.:T Looking forward to the delicious bread.

Ha ha I kept refreshing the page waiting to find out if it was working!! :beer:

PS thanks for the lovely comments on my bread peeps. Oh and the cutting does look pretty good on the picture doesnt it... but what you cant tell is that all the slices are doorstep size... much easier to cut!:rotfl:

Ellidee

Quick question please. I have a loaf just cooling - what is the best way to store it if it is still slightly warm when I want to go to bed ? TIA

Sunnyday

trying-very-trying wrote: »

Well, I've had the most successful loaf yet! I don't know what I did different from yesterday, apart from watching it for 40minutes and making sure all the flour was mixed properly. Everyone agreed it was a fantastic loaf! Just hope it works again tomorrow.

Hi TVT,
glad to hear it`s worked out this time, i was starting to think that maybe there was something wrong with your panny!

Sola - maybe all our pannys have little quirks.

Angelina - your loaf looks fantastic.

Jo_anne - i could never eat much bread before, all the shop bread amde me bloated and feeling rather ill with awful indigestion, i`m sure it`s all the junk that they add to it as the home made bread never does this to me.

SD

Ps i always use a bit less sugar than the recipe, i couldn`t use a tablespoon :eek:

Ellidee

:rotfl: I just re-read my post above and realised it sounds rather rude. It is a genuine query honest.

Lorian

Ellidee wrote: »

Quick question please. I have a loaf just cooling - what is the best way to store it if it is still slightly warm when I want to go to bed ? TIA

Bread bin is good, otherwise brown paper bag if you like to keep it crusty, platic bag if you like the crust to go soft. Damn why do I know all this.

Me I'd take it to bed with me

Ellidee

Thank you Lorian