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REWD | 13:45 Fri 24th Sep 2004 | Food & Drink
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Depends what you them to do, but if it's making bread then yes they are
ive got a bread machine,but i let it do the donkey work,mix the dough.then all i do is let it rise and pop it into the oven,nice and easy does it.
Yes, yes, yes! I've had mine for a year now and we have never bought bread during that time. It is very easy to use and the bread tastes delicious. If you are British, I would recommend "Great recipes for Your Bread Machine" by Joanna Farrow, published by the Good Housekeeping Institute ISBN 1-85585-987-4 for lots of great recipes for all types of bread and dough. My bread maker is a Panasonic SD-253. I chose it after having searched the Internet for comparisons and users' opinions. A loaf made with a bread maker probably costs about the same to make as a shop-bought one. However, in reality it must cost more because it tastes so good and it is difficult to slice thinly - consequently you eat more!
they also make brill.. fruit cakes.
I must be doing something wrong because everytime I use mine the bread is horrible.
I too have a panasonic and the bread is WONDERFUL but it doesn't keep...then again it doesn't have to
Wouldn't be without my breadmaker. Have made several different sorts of loaves and am now experimenting quite a lot with different oils and seeds, etc. Loaves don't last more than about 2 hours in our house. Thick sliced warm bread in the morning, mmmmmm.
dirtyharriet, the trick is to put the ingredients in the pan in the correct order and in precisely the right quantities. With my breadmaker it is yeast, flour, salt/sugar/oil, water. I use oil instead of butter because it's easier to measure out. I use digital scales for the flour because they're dead easy. You have to use the right kind of flour, of course. My basic recipe is one-and-a-quarter measures of quick-action yeast, 400g brown flour, 100g white flour, 1 measure of salt, 2 measures of sugar, 25ml of maize oil and 320ml water. I sling them in in that order and press a couple of buttons. 4 hours later the cooking sequence starts and a beautiful fresh bread spell starts to waft around the kitchen. Another hour and the bleeper goes - tip out the bread and it's difficult to stop yourself cutting a slice! The machine has a timer so you can put everything in at night and wake up to the smell of fresly-baked bread. I can get all the ingredients together, put them in and programme the breadmaker in less than 5 minutes. How easy is that?
*WAB* Steve, Just wondering why I have to put ingredients in my bread maker in exact reverse order to yours!?
***GAB!
Herbie, it must depend on the make and therefore something to do with the dynamics of the mixing process. (I'm impressed with that!) GAB, WAB - Whatever!
I agree with SteveD - I'ver never bought any bread for the 1.5 yrs that I've had my breadmaker. I originally bought it because I wanted bread with less salt in, and my supermarket only stocked low salt bread occasionally. The bread maker is fantastic. Takes a couple of minutes to measure ingredients and I've never had a duff loaf. Only probably is every time mates come to visit, they expect me to bake them a loaf to take home.
I tried several times with my breadmaking machine, always unsuccessfully, the texture of the bread was wrong, and the taste was not that great either, then someone suggested I tried a bread mix. I bought a packet of Wright's Premium White mix and it came out great. Really easy too, you only have to add water. Been using it ever since.

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