breadmaker recipes - are there any no-no's ?

[joko]

Is there anything I definitely shouldn't put in my breadmaker? such as something that will spoil straightaway or too fast.

I was considering adding whole boiled eggs, sausage, mushrooms and plum toms for 'fry up bread' -then just toast it

but would this work or only last for a few hours before it went icky?

I haven't got it yet - its on its way, so i haven't had chance to experiment yet.

But anyone know of any complete wastes of time or stuff that nice normally but tastes weird afterwards

[SteveD]

I'm sure your ideas would not work.  Wait till you get the machine and read

[SteveD]

Sorry!

...the instructions carefully.  They will tell you that you need to keep closely to the list of ingredients and proportions.

You can't just throw anything in and ecpect the machine to make bread.  Imagine what will happen to your eggs, sausages, musgrooms and tomato when it starts "kneading" the dough!

[joko]

yeah, good point, thanks.

I guess you can only do that sort of thing by hand, adding the stuff after the dough has risen. Or chop them all up into really small pieces.

[beerbelly]

why not add garlic puree and invent .....er.......
garlic bread !!!!!!!!

[SteveD]

The whole point of a breadmaker is that it does everything for you: you put in the ingredients, press a few buttons and, 4 or 5 hours later, it goes "beep" and you take out a perfectly-baked loaf.  If you put it on "dough" setting, take out the dough and mix in other stuff, you're defeating the object of the exercise.

Some breadmakers have a raisin dispenser which will automatically add other ingredients at the appropriate time (but not things like sausage, boiled egg or mushrooms).

Go to the supermarket and buy a bag of white flour, one of brown flour (they will be marked "ideal for breadmakers") and some packets of fast-action dried yeast.  Note that, if you make brown bread, you will need some white flour.  Follow the basic recipes that will come with the machine, then you can experiment later.

If you want a good breadmaker cookbook, get Good Housekeeping's "Great Recipes for Your Bread Machine" ISBN 1-85585-987-4.