Quick questions on bread making

caris

Hi

I have the panasonic breadmaker, if the power is interupted whilst its on it is meant to carry on the cycle for the rest of the setting, after power has been restored, I think thats for interuption of no more than 10mins, I have not had this problem myself, so don't know for sure how it works or if all machines are the same.

Hope this helps
caris

Mumto2

Thanks all - perhaps if I hadn't flapped and pressed all the buttons it would have restarted .

I have now put it in the oven - will see how it goes.

Poor hubby may be getting the Tesco Value part-bake rather than the homemade cheese & onion bread to go with the soup tonight!

Update - well, bread was delicious. I put it in a hot oven for about 10 mins, then left it in there with oven turned off. Hubby thought it was great and we ate the lot! :j Thanks for advice.

newcook

I bought a couple of bags of bread mix (where you just add water) but none of them came out the way I thought!

they tend to be quite stodgy inside rather than airy and fluffy (I dont think its rising properly)

I have followed the instructions on the bag to a T and have also tried knead the dough for a few extra minutes but nothing seems to help!!!!

can any of you guys advise me please?!

x

bertiebots

Hi as it is a bit chilly nowadays your problem might be that you havent let is rise for long enough...? I have never used a mix to make bread so pressume its basically the same as doing it youself iyswim . It can take 2 hours for your dough to rise enough (or longer if its in a cold room) .Once it has risen do you knock it back?...this simply means neading it for a few minutes to get big bubbles out and then allow it a second rise..about another hour.
Some one will be along I am sure to explain how to make bread with no neading required! (but I invested in a bm so no longer have this time consuming promblem) but I used the above technique for hand baking .
B x

squeaky

Hiya,

You might find this site helpful...

http://www.breadinfo.com/index.shtml

And several good threads here...

The Complete Breadmaking Collection

Good luck

locutus2003

Can anyone help me please? I was lucky enough to be gifted a Cookworks Breadmaker from Freecycle - really pleased as I wasn't certain I'd use it enough to fork out for one - and if I do I will. Anyway, no instructions with it. So, using some great threads here, I found a link to a picture of Cookworks instructions which helped (alhtough it's a different BM). I bought some bread mix from Tescos - put it in and voila - beautiful bread! I guessed I had a 1lb pan and that appeared to be right.

So, full of optimism, I now want to make bread without the mix ... but, the recipes from the book I downloaded are for a 1.5lb loaf. I know that you have to be right with the quantities ... so I looked on here again. Found a couple of 1lb recipes, but using different quantities of flour - so now I'm really confused as I assumed it was flour that made the weight of the bread?

Can anyone de-confuse me please? I need to teach DH how to do it (he's a stay-at-home Dad) but he'll never have the patience to post!

Thanks in advance (and sorry, not a very quick question in the end! )

annie-c

My guess is that, if you used a whole bag of bread mix from Tesco (usually 450g/approx 1lb or thereabouts), then your pan is at least 1.5lb size and possibly 2lb, so you should be fine to use the recipes in your book.

Bread weight refers to the finished loaf which includes water etc so is higher than the weight of the flour alone.

Generally, 1.5 lb white flour plus water and other ingredients makes a 2 lb loaf. But there are all sorts of variables so don't take this as a hard and fast rule. Granary/wholemeal requires more water so weighs heavier at the end. Hot bread weighs more than cold bread because obviously it contains water still to evapourate.

But don't get too bogged down in all this. Have a go with the recipe for a 1.5lb loaf in your breadmaker. If you want to do a 1lb loaf then simply reduce all the ingredients by 1/3.

locutus2003

Fab Annie-C - thanks for the advice.

I'll give it a whirl by reducing the ingredients and see how I get on - the only book I have gives such dire warnings for over-filling!

annie-c

If it managed a whole pack of breadmix then it should be fine for any recipe in the book. The bread mix packets contain dough enhancers that sometimes cause over-rising and the dough hits the top of the lid and sinks sometimes. So it's a good test if yours copes with a breadmix!

locutus2003

annie-c wrote: »

If it managed a whole pack of breadmix then it should be fine for any recipe in the book. The bread mix packets contain dough enhancers that sometimes cause over-rising and the dough hits the top of the lid and sinks sometimes. So it's a good test if yours copes with a breadmix!

I only used half the breadmix though ... It made a loaf the size of the pan ...