I am in love with my Panasonic breadmaker

squeaky

larmy16 wrote: »

Well the Panny can be a bit strange at times. I have in the past, turned out a perfectly respectable loaf with ordinary value plain flour from Sainsburys (I think). I read of several people on the forum saying they often used the value flour and could not tell the difference.

The other day I bought two packs of Be Ro(supposed to be quality) plain flour cos it was on offer. My Panny has turned out three duff loaves using the flour. First time I thought it was cos I tried rapid bake. The second because I cut down on the sugar as someone on here said they did to no ill effect on the bread. The third, I followed the Panasonic medium white loaf on the four hours programme and it turned out all spongy and rubbery and flat.

So it was back to strong bread flour and overnight timer and this morning woke up to a perfectly baked loaf. So my Panny seems to be quite sensitive about the flour it uses.

Anyone else had this kind of experience using plain flour, and not strong bread flour??

Pretty much all flours have different gluten contents, and the weather has an effect on this too.

As has been said, bog standard plain flour has a lower gluten content than strong flour, but it can still make nice bread. My Asda value plain flour works just fine for me in my MR.

However I do use potato water to give it some help. Next time you boil potatoes keep the water. You can keep this in portions in the freezer until needed. This water helps make a nice soft well risen loaf.

Also, if you still get a slightly shrunken loaf - remember that wholewheat flour has a lower gluten content than strong flour - so if the particular brand of value plain flour isn't doing well on a standard program - use a wholewheat one to give it more time.

purpleivy

I've been using fermipan yeast in my BM for years. I stopped using previous supplier, but found it again on Northallerton market this week.

I usually decant some into a small dark glass jar, that I keep in the fridge. Then I fasten the rest shut with a klippit and shove it in the back of the fridge.

Swan wrote: »

about yeast in bulk ... I've just come across Fermipan, it's available in 500g packs & according to this Panny thread on the MOTELY FOOL site, it can be used in BMs

I did a bit of research & you can get it from some health food shops (seems to cost around £3-ish) or buy on-line, cheapest I've seen it is from the second link in the second post, in the Motley Fool thread, just under £5 delivered

according to a couple of sources I've seen, including FLOURBIN* (although they have a disclaimer ) you can freeze what you're not using immediately


*great site, thanks to FrenchMaid for the link in the tapioca flour thread
they have some amazing (but not cheap) flours, & even a recommendation from Panasonic. minimum delivery charge is around £7 though, but you can get up to 28Kg for that, I'm busy working up an order

squeaky

I just looked it up.

Subtotal 3.61
Delivery 2.90

That's £3.61 for 500g plus 2.90 delivery == £6.51

Hmmm...

Jays

I've just been looking through the thread trying to find some recipes to tempt me to get my Panasonic out, as I can't find my original recipe book, but could not find any. Are they on a different thread, or has no one posted a recipe?

I'm looking for something like the 50/50 wholemeal, I think.

Many thanks
Jays

Sunnyday

Jays wrote: »

I've just been looking through the thread trying to find some recipes to tempt me to get my Panasonic out, as I can't find my original recipe book, but could not find any. Are they on a different thread, or has no one posted a recipe?

I'm looking for something like the 50/50 wholemeal, I think.

Many thanks
Jays

If it`s the SD254/55 then the manual is available to download here

http://techdocs.panasonic.co.uk/docs/1z479fbe8az3z254b9z656ez706466z1ez9fc924d7310d09e6e49c155cec6fe60da837b4fa/tsn2/data/EU/SD255/OI/779228/SD-255W_SD254_E.pdf

All the others should be available on the panasonic website too i`ve just saved a copy to my pc should anything nasty happen to mine.
HTH
SD

MSHAWX

Where am I going wrong?
I love my breadmaker but I used to buy one of the ready to use 'bread making mixes' It turned out very well and I'm fine eating it warm and fresh but my OH has increadibly stomach pains if he eats it fresh so much so that I've now put it away in the cupboard. can anyone suggest a 'safe' recipe as I resent paying almost a pound for a loaf

Sunnyday

Hi,
whats in the bread mix?
could there be additives in the mix causing this?
I used to get bad indegestion and bloating with shop bought bread but have had none since making my own.
Does he get the pains if he eats it once its cold?
SD

Swan_2

squeaky wrote: »

I just looked it up.

Subtotal 3.61
Delivery 2.90

That's £3.61 for 500g plus 2.90 delivery == £6.51

Hmmm...

sorry, I must have been looking at the wrong item/link ... I thought 2nd class post was £1.61 + whatever it cost = >£5

they tell me it's senior thing

waddy80

Swan wrote: »

according to a couple of sources I've seen, including FLOURBIN* (although they have a disclaimer ) you can freeze what you're not using immediately


*great site, thanks to FrenchMaid for the link in the tapioca flour thread
they have some amazing (but not cheap) flours, & even a recommendation from Panasonic. minimum delivery charge is around £7 though, but you can get up to 28Kg for that, I'm busy working up an order

Flourbin - I used to know the previous owners of this company. Awesome flour, I think they are selling it from a shop nr chesterfield, if anyone wants the details pm me. might save on a delivery charge!

Swan_2

waddy80 wrote: »

Flourbin - I used to know the previous owners of this company. Awesome flour, I think they are selling it from a shop nr chesterfield, if anyone wants the details pm me. might save on a delivery charge!

the flour sounds amazing, & I don't care what anyone says, the kind of flour you use does make a huge difference to your breadmaking results

I'm definitely putting an order in, I want to try out some of their really strong flours. I'm in Scotland though, so unfortunately a visit to the shop's out of the question. if I'm ever down that way though, I'll get that address from you