You're all liars you know ....

affordmylife

mine is a stunner every time.

never used a packet mix tho.

just followed the instructions in the booklet that came with it.

the paddle does get a bit stuck but a quick wiggle and its out no problem.

saves a fortune too especially as it was inherited!!!

joanie

Your post about the water in breadmaking may be the key...... my mum only lives about a mile away from me but she lives in an "older" part of town.... however the one key difference is my mum filters ALL her water (even before it goes in the kettle ) whereas i never do.... i wonder ?????

freyasmum

Bless you Pastures - I do apologise, but you don't half make me laugh :rotfl::rotfl:

I live in a soft water area and never filter it and the breadmaker that my mum has comes out perfect every time.

I don't use the breadmaker since I found a recipe that requires five minutes of kneading, half an hour of rising and then the same of baking - so much easier and I have a lovely, fresh loaf in just over and hour.

lil_me

freyasmum wrote: »

I don't use the breadmaker since I found a recipe that requires five minutes of kneading, half an hour of rising and then the same of baking - so much easier and I have a lovely, fresh loaf in just over and hour.

Now now, you can't say that then not pass on the recipe

freyasmum

lil_me wrote: »

Now now, you can't say that then not pass on the recipe

It's upstairs and I've been baking Yes, at this time! The things I do :rolleyes:

I'll go get it

Okey dokey, I may have made a little mistake with the timings.. You leave it to rise for an hour, not half an hour as I said earlier :A


Easy seed and grain loaf - taken from a bbcgoodfood supplement.

500g/1lb mixed grain flour (I use whatever I have available, don't think I've ever used grain flour)
1 tbsp each sesame and poppy seed, plus extra for sprinkling (I don't put the seeds on the top)
1 sachet fast-action yeast
1 tsp salt
300ml/ 1/2 pint hand hot water
2tbsp olive oil (again, I use whichever veg oil I have available)
1 tbsp clear honey

1. Tip the flour, seeds, yeast and salt into a large bowl. Mix the water, oil and honey in a jug, then pour into the dry mix, stirring all the time to make a soft dough. If it feels sticky, sprinkle in a little more flour.
2. Turn the dough out on to a lightly floured surface and knead for five minutes, until the dough no longer feels sticky, sprinkling with a little more flour if it needs it.
3. Oil a 1.2 litre/2lb loaf tin and put the dough in the tin, pressing it in evenly. Cover with a tea towel and leave to rise for 1 hour, until it springs back when you press it with yout finger. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
4. Make 8 slashes across the top of the loaf, brush with water a sprinkle alternately with poppy and sesame seeds (as I said, I don't slash or sprinkle with seeds). Bake for 30-35 minutes until the loaf is risen and brown. Tip it out on to a cooling rack and leave to cool.

Per slice (if sliced into 8) 277 calories, 9g protein, 45g carbs, 8g fat, 1g saturated fat, 5g fibre, 2g sugar, 0.65g salt.

I make this out to be 4 weightwatchers points per slice.

Sorry if there are any spelling mistakes, but it's late and I wasn't watching what I was typing

Triker

Rightio PN, * pulls up chair and settles back in it*, we've been here before haven't we?:p

Remember the mantra 'if you keep doing what you've always done you'll keep getting what you've always got'.;)

So we need to get past this holding on to things that aren't working for us.

Basically the BM you have is crapola -technical term- the one you would be much better off with is, the Panasonic.

Trust me, your BM making woes will be over if you take the plunge and treat yourself to the Panasonic.

So the decision is in your hands, as is your bread making future.:rotfl:

xx:D

jaxw

I discovered adding a crushed vitamin c tablet to my ingredients makes the bread rise much better. Something to do with the yeast I think

zarazara

yes, i remember doing that at school.

freyasmum

I have just made beer bread. It was delicious, but I think I'd reduce the sugar ever so slightly as mine was a bit sweet. I also halved the amount of melted butter.

You mix it and bake it - no waiting time.

trying-very-trying

jaxw wrote: »

I discovered adding a crushed vitamin c tablet to my ingredients makes the bread rise much better. Something to do with the yeast I think

I've read about the vit c in wholemeal bread a few times, but what do you use and how do you add it
I looked for vit c tabs in the supermarket, but I could only see soluble orange flavoured, is this what you use?? Does it not make the bread orange flavoured, and do you just add it to the water when you're adding that to the mix??
I would like to try adding the vit c to see if it makes the wholemeal a bit lighter.