Which is the best home breadmaker?

JustaNewbie_2

Especially for Kelinik, I'm pleased to report that I'm very happy with my SD254 :j. I make a normal loaf every few days and have tried the bread rolls (found that it needs a little less water than specified in the recipe, or difficult to shape) and the onion bread too. Even the rapid bake option gives really good results. My fussy-eater kids love it too, they eat it warm with butter melting on it. Make sure you remember to check that the paddle is not in the bread once you've taken it off, it was inside a couple of times for me and the first time it happened I was trying to cut the loaf without realising and there are scratchy markings on the paddle because of it . Never mind, great investment, I love it .

JustaNewbie_2

marc.faulkner wrote: »

Evening all,

I'm currently looking at either the Panasonic SD-254 or SD-255, but not sure which to go for. Is the dispenser facility worth the extra money?

Cheers,

If you want to make raisin/seed bread on timer mode that's the only time the dispenser facility is useful I think. Without it you can still make those things but you do it manually, so you can't use the timed feature.

Kelinik

JustaNewbie wrote: »

Especially for Kelinik, I'm pleased to report that I'm very happy with my SD254 :j. I make a normal loaf every few days and have tried the bread rolls (found that it needs a little less water than specified in the recipe, or difficult to shape) and the onion bread too. Even the rapid bake option gives really good results. My fussy-eater kids love it too, they eat it warm with butter melting on it. Make sure you remember to check that the paddle is not in the bread once you've taken it off, it was inside a couple of times for me and the first time it happened I was trying to cut the loaf without realising and there are scratchy markings on the paddle because of it . Never mind, great investment, I love it .

Oooooo that does it, now I HAVE to have one!

Thanks for reporting back, hopefully I'll be back to add my comment when I saved enough pennies. :j

debtworrier

JustaNewbie wrote: »

If you want to make raisin/seed bread on timer mode that's the only time the dispenser facility is useful I think. Without it you can still make those things but you do it manually, so you can't use the timed feature.

It's useful if you like things like olive bread or tomato bread (with the sun-dried tomatoes in it) basically any posh bread that has large "bits" in it that you don't want munged.

I make 90% of my bread overnight, so the dispenser is useful when I want to make something special, but having said that, most of the bread I make is plain workaday bread for sandwiches.

Aurora_emma

Thanks for all the great advice in this thread - after a week of flat loaves and rubbish pizza base in my old Morphy Richards I think I can finally justify a new breadmaker :j
Took the plunge and ordered the panny with dispenser this morning from Amazon - found cashback through quidinuk, so am justifying cost by thinking of cashbank, 1% cashback with CC and all the money I will save on bread now I will have something I can use for all my breadmaking needs :beer:

Skint_Catt

Woop! Can't wait until next week! Picking up my OH's old breadmaker from FIL's. I haven't been eating bread for quite a while (I can't stop once I start) but really looking forward to making different kinds, flavours and nice fresh breads plus pizza dough's etc!!!! How exciting (but I know it'll cost me a fortune )

nettles77

as had aone and chucked it as dh hated the bread.

sooty&sweep

Hi

The recommended breadmaker is made by Panasonic. If you search on here you'll find lots of people raving about them.

Slightly more expensive than some of the others but three years on I'm still using mine several times a week and I very rarely buy bread.

Jen

buxtonrabbitgreen

I finally got a Panasonic sd55 and it so so much better than the Morphy Richards. Every loaf I make is perfect. Taste texture everything.
In the Morphy richards I gave up making bread and stuck to making dough and cooking rolls in the oven with it.
Yesterday my dd asked me to cut her a couple of slices. And though there was a bought sliced loaf in the bread bin , she didn't want it as the one I make tastes nicer.

Sui_Generis

Can someone tell me if brioche can be made in the Panasonic? The sweet soft style the supermarkets sell for a fortune and much loved by kids?

I've tried to download the manual but I can't get it off the Panasonic site.