I'm getting a breadmaker!!

superscotsman

I don't have a problem with breadmakers. You can go to bed and leave it on. When you get up in the morning, there's a fresh loaf. The temerature these machines bake at is just adequate, so the crust is not so good as a loaf baked at the bakers. You can get around the problem by getting the machine to make the dough, then baking it in the oven, but sometimes getting the dough out of the machine is messy, and you might just as well knead by hand anyway. Still, these things are ingenious, and you can make bread knowing what is in the thing.

carol_a_3

sparklymessygirl wrote:

Hi everybody,

My panasonic SD253 is due to arrive at my parents' house (where I'm going for Christmas) on Christmas Eve. Would someone mind posting a list of basic ingredients so that I can buy these and take these with me to do some bread baking over the holidays? I won't have access to the manual/recipes until Christmas day. Would appreciate your help, obsessive bread maker people...

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Thanks
Sparkly

There's about a million different bread recipes on this site with all sorts of ingredients somewhere but just really basic ingredients are strong white/wholemeal flour, easy blend fast action yeast, salt, sugar and water. Have fun!

rchddap1

My recipes include some oil too

carol_a_3

Oh yes, I forgot oil, and dried milk and butter sometimes...sorry, it's early!

Trout69

Hi All, I;ve been hanging around the breadmaker threads for a while now, hoping that the fairy's might bring me one while i'm asleep.....no luck as yet, but fingers crossed.

I'd jus like some opinions if poss as i am weighing up the pro's and cons of getting one.

Firstly, i seem to buy cheap horrid bread, like tesco's value and stuff then normally eat half and the rest goes green....i worked out that if i did this every week i would only be spending £13 a year on bread, so it would take a while to get my money back on a breadmaker.

Does anyone know how cheaply you can make your loaves in a breadmaker? I wouldn't really be interested in anything fancy, maybe just wholemeal at a push!!

Let me know what you think, i spose i could even pick up a cheap secondhand one rather than anything brand new, to check that it works for me???

Donna

kiwichick

I cant comment on how good it is as Ive never used this one but just seen the following at tesco and its only £25!!!

squeaky

Trout69 wrote:

Does anyone know how cheaply you can make your loaves in a breadmaker? I wouldn't really be interested in anything fancy, maybe just wholemeal at a push!!

For a loaf made using strong flour and dried packet yeast, depending on offers and on how many extras such as nuts and seeds you might want to add, typical costs are between thirty and forty pence per loaf.

Using value plain flour and free live yeast from a supermarket bakery can bring costs down to around ten to twelve.

kiwichick

Squeaky, how do I go about getting free live yeast from a bakery?????? The amount I'm making at the moment it really does feel like I've wasted money here as tesco bread might have been cheaper after all.

in_my_wellies

Hi, Just ask at Tesco bakery counter and they will give you fresh yeast. I get about 2oz and have done for years - the lady says so long as everyone isn't greedy they will continue to give it out. (BTW, best to ask at a quiet time of day)

Have fun with the bread maker. I never use mine, I use my Kenwood Chef for dough.

I have just bought a dehydrator. OH says it will be another 5 minute wonder but I AM GOING TO PROVE HIM WRONG!!

Smudge32

Home made bread - YUM!!