Which is the best home breadmaker?

becs

I've got the panasonic one too and am very pleased with it. I've just started using it to make the dough and prove it then I put it into a bigger tin and cook it. Any of the loaf I don't use on the forst day I slice up and freeze. I also do rolls with mine just using the dough recipe and again freeze them. I would definately aggree with it being alot healthier than shop bought bread, having read a book "bread matters" that talks about typical ingredients of supermarket bread I will never buy it again.

top_drawer_2

I've got a Morphy Richards breadmaker and its fab, the bread lasts about 2-4 days if I dont eat it faster and I can make lots of different variations. I got it from Freecycle so it cost me £2.30 in bus fares to collect.

The only problem I would say I have with it is that it takes around 2 hours and its difficult to plan to be around to get it out as otherwise it goes soft/wet if its left there for too long. The timer will only let you set it to delayed for 2 hours so means I do have to plan properly if I want bread. It only takes around 10-20 mins to chuck the ingrediants together and set it going so nother ardourous.

Jen

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Kadeeae

I've had my Panasonic SD255 for over a year now and absolutely love it! I've never had bread go stale (doesn't last that long!) but I do usually use oil as opposed to butter.

If I want a quick loaf I make it in the machine, if I have a bit more time I just make the dough in the machine and then shape it myself and bake in the oven. I don't care for the shape of the bread when made in the breadmaker, but it is handy to have a homemade loaf in about 2 hours time.

Go for a Panny!!

KarrieBee

I'm another panasonic fan, we get loads of use from ours and don't find it goes stale quickly, but it does get eaten PDQ in our house. Another plus point is the dough facility is great for making homemade pizza. We got our BM as a wedding gift and it has certainly been the most used and appreciated...apart from maybe our travel vouchers!

PasturesNew

I bought one and found the paddle stuck so the bread had to be scooped out (breadcrumbs only, no loaf left).

So then I started making just dough with it and chucking the dough out to shape into loaves/rolls.

Now I am thinking I don't need a breadmaker at all, what I really needed was just a mixer with a dough hook. Once it's made the dough I can then just set it aside to rise in anything. This will make it easier for me to do two different loaves quite quickly - and if I get the right mixer it can be used for other things too.

It is a nice idea that if you get a posh Panasonic one you can trust it to chuck the ingredients in and make a great loaf, but the rest do seem a bit hit and miss.

The loaves I do make for myself seem to last 3-4 days (the first ones only lasted an hour or two before I'd scoffed them, but now the novelty's worn off I don't eat the whole thing in one go so now realise 3-4 days kept in a plastic tub is quite normal).

lill

Ive got a bog standard cooksworks one from argos £24 and even that makes great bread that stays soft for days.

boombap

I really fancy having a crack at this breadmaking business and having read the boards extensively have decided to plump for the Panasonic 255.

From reading another thread it seems like this model (currently Panasonic's top of the range) was launched in earlu 2007. As we are now, rather scarily, in 2009, I am assuming that it is likely that a new model will be coming out sometime soon.

Does anyone know anything about this? I really fancy buying one soon but I'd be a bit miffed the latest model were to come out the following week. It's not the fact that I would have an old machine - just that I would have thought in that situation they would put the previous model on sale.

Cheers,

S.

angelavdavis

I haven't been able to get along with my Panny so I have put it away until I have time to spend on nurturing that relationship and have stuck with my Morphy Richards which was free anyway.

I can recommend the bread bags from Lakeland. We usually shake them out and use them a couple of times before throwing them away. Not sure what the fabric ones are like which seem more OS.

I also use sunflower oil instead of butter.

stingylolo

Got mine !! Panasonic SD 255 -- with the nuts dispenser and all the buttons and recipes !! Can't wait to try them ! It was stroke of luck it was the only one on the shelf at Debenhams... lucky me !