I am in love with my Panasonic breadmaker

emtave

Hi there - I'm really pleased to see this thread because I was thinking about buying a breadmaker. However, I like dense, seedy wholemeal loaves, and when I eat the bread produced by my friend in her breadmaker, it always tastes like a shop bought loaf, like Hovis, which I don't really like.

Could anyone comment on the taste of bread produced in a breadmaker? Do you think it is possible to produce a dense, firm loaf using one?

Another thing: I have used Dove's Farm flour for breadmaking by hand, but it costs as much as buying a loaf of bread from the market once I have bought yeast and the rest, so I'm not saving anything. Is making your own bread really a cost cutter?

Thanks!

Andy_Hamilton

If your at lidl have a look for there meat and bread slicer. I bought mine from there about a month ago and I'm 100% happy now. They may even be some reduced by now (i paid £40 and worth every penny).

BigMummaF

I use the Dove Farm Quick Yeast @99p a packet. It's a bit like opening a bag of salt, as opposed to having seperate sachets of dried yeast & lasts me around 10 bags of flour.

As a rough estimate [cuz I keep meaning to record just how many loaves I do make but haven't yet ] I can get 3 XL white loaves from one bag of Lidl flour so I'll work on that.

10 bags flour @ 48p........4:80
1 pkt Dove Farm Yeast....0:99
30oz Stork Soft.............1:44
50g Salt.....................0:05
100g Sugar..................0:08
11 lt water..................0:10
£7:46 ....divided by 30=24.zummat

Even if I were being extra generous on the costings & adding in lekkie, I reckon I'm paying less than 50p a loaf for fresh bread every day.

I've had a go with the Bread Mix from Lidl too--can't remember if it was for granary or seeded now--& that came out a bit more dense than the branded ones you buy in plastic. I guess the secret is to try various types of flour etc till you find the one that suits your taste, then [STRIKE]tweak[/STRIKE] experiment with the quantities till you get it to how you like your bread to be.

I've been left home many years now, but I only started bread making earlier this year, so I'm still a novice myself:p Perhaps you may find some alternative recipes etc on the Grocery Thread....MrsMc in particular, is the resident Kitchen Vixen & has tried all manner of breads, including courgette:eek:

JennyW_2

emtave wrote: »

Could anyone comment on the taste of bread produced in a breadmaker? Do you think it is possible to produce a dense, firm loaf using one?

If you made a 100% wholemeal loaf in the BM then you would get than dense effect - I do if I make a 70% loaf. I make 50% wholemeal & 50% white loaves and they are light a fluffy.

emtave wrote: »

Another thing: I have used Dove's Farm flour for breadmaking by hand, but it costs as much as buying a loaf of bread from the market once I have bought yeast and the rest, so I'm not saving anything. Is making your own bread really a cost cutter?

Thanks!

but it's not only about cutting costs it's all about knowing whats going into your bread - no additives or preservatives and you can control the sugar and salt. Yes it does cost initially for the ingredients but once they're in the cupboard you top up when necessary. Plus I can make flavoured loaves as well as cakes in the BM. I make a mean honey and sunflower loaf

towerpaul

Hi all, been reading these threads and you lot inspired me to go out and by the Panny sd254. Just waiting on the first loaf now :j

leftfield20

I thought i would jump on the bandwagon, i have bought a SD255. I have made 2 fantastic white loaves and now have it on the dough setting to make some breadbuns. I haven't stopped talking about it since i bought it, i think everyone thinks i'm daft but i just love it!

BigMummaF

I was chatting the other day & kitchen gadgets came into the conversation.

Have to say that my Pannie is the best thing I've ever had the pleasure of owning:p

vwcampervan72

Well ive gone and done it...well hubby has hes just been and brought a Panasonic Breadmaker

1st loaf baking now, cant wait to check out the recipes on this thread

morganb

Well, I'm still waiting for the 255 to come back into stock in my local Argos ...

Tiddlywinks

Please help - I bought my bread maker a week ago and absolutely love the bread BUT it has started to squeak when mixing / kneading and I want to know if this is normal or whether I should take it back.

Problem is that I got it from John Lewis and now they're out of stock again so won't be able to do a quick swap if it is faulty.

It would really help if you could let me know how yours sounds so that I can make a quick comparison.

Still, the bread still tastes great:p

Tiddly