Bread Makers?

I have a bread maker which I like to use.There are lots of recipes you can use such as cheese and onion bread or spicy fruit loaf as well as the white and brown recipes.
Mine takes about 3 hours to make a loaf and the results are pretty good although this can be affected if you are not careful enough about measuring ingredients.I find that where the recipe calls for sunflower oil I get a better taste with olive oil but you could experiment with that.
One of the best things is that the smell of fresh baked bread fills the house.
On the downside because there are no preservatives it doesn't keep as well as shop bread and never tastes as nice the day after its made.
On the whole I would recommend getting one.

Does anyone here use a bread maker

Yes

are they any good

Depends on the make of machine I would have thought. Ours is a good one and we're happy with it. It may be best if you ask about specific models you're interested in and see if anyone else has the same or experience of.

how does the bread taste compared when u do bread in an ordinary oven.

Obviously depends on the ingredients and you can vary the recipies yourself from the ones that come with the machine (with a bit of trial and error sometimes), but it tastes like bread, just like in the oven. As with anything like this you'll have to try things and see what comes out and adjust accordingly, but it does have the advantage that it can (most machines) be put on overnight to give nice fresh bread to wake up to. 😉

Love and Reiki Hugs

We've got one of these [DLMURL] http://www.morphyrichards.co.uk/wizz400/index.pl?REFID=mruk&ORPGM=productOverview&ORPGT=perl&ORPRD=48280&ORGRP=R12&ORCAT=SR01&ORLID=ENG [/DLMURL]
and after trying several different recipes and flours settled on Lakeland mixes http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!2347 - we bought a variety pack but then decided the ones we liked best were the wholdmeal and the crusty white.
The difference between home-made bread and supermarket pap is unbelievable.
Sharon

Hi Flower,

I have a bread maker, and I find the bread is great. We have a Panasonic one. I use mine mostly to make dough now. I have to confess that I am hopeless at getting dough to rise if I make it myself; don't know what I am doing wrong?! :confused: The breadmaker has no problem getting the dough to rise. I like to add seeds and herbs sometimes to the dough too.

Don't know what the bread tastes like next day, as it never lasts that long! It always get eaten the same day. 🙂

My friend buys the mixes that are available in the supermarket, and she says they are excellent.

With love
Jacquie

I am tempted to get a bread maker as we are currently cutting out wheat and gluten from our diet. The wheat free bread youc an buy from supermarkets is disgusting, but a few friends who are in the same position make really yummy scrummy bread!! x

I'm also thinking about getting one. Earlier this year I made my first ever loaf of bread in a conventional fashion (yeast, dough, oven etc) and was hugely chuffed with myself. But it was a bit of a performance so I'm unlikely to repeat the experience unless I get extremely bored this winter. However, the taste of home made bread, the very concept of it, is so alluring that I will probably have to get one of these breadmakers. After all, they're not really that expensive....

Love
Sunanda xxx

We bought a Panasonic earlier this year and we LOVE it! We use it every day. We mostly bake wholemeal bread during the day while we're at work (getting that freshly-baked smell when we get home), but if we're in a hurry it will bake a white loaf from scratch in less than two hours. We've also used it to make dough for rolls or fancy loaves.
And the great thing is that it takes only a minute or two to set up.
One thing nobody has mentioned is that you do get a hole in the bottom of the loaf where the mixer paddle goes, but you can live with that.
On the upside, as long as you don't use a ready mix, you know exactly what goes into every loaf. We've found that we use less than half the sugar and salt recommended in the recipe book that came with the machine.

I am tempted to get a bread maker as we are currently cutting out wheat and gluten from our diet. The wheat free bread youc an buy from supermarkets is disgusting, but a few friends who are in the same position make really yummy scrummy bread!! x

Be aware that making gluten free bread is more difficult unless you can find some ready made gluten free bread mix (can't say I've seen any).

You can however buy gluten free bread flower now from the Doves range which is, as far as I'm aware, normal gluten free flour with Xantham gum which is required so the bread doesn't just fall to pieces.

Our bread maker is a morphy richards long loaf (it makes loaves in the conventional shape rather than a lot of bread makers that seem to make them end on)

Sunanda, Once you're familiar with the ingredients for making home made bread it's actually quite quick to make. It can be even quicker if you look to make soda loaves as it doesn't require all the hard kneeding. I love making pizza bases myself as it's really quick (I know! A domesticated man eh! Who'dever have thought it! ;))

Love and Reiki Hugs

I have had a bread machine now for 4 years and I would be totally lost without it!! To use is so easy, and delivers the most gorgeous smelling, tasting bread without a lot of fuss. Like the previous posts have said you can easily control what goes into your bread and make many different varieties. I like to prepare my pizza dough in mine. I would reccomend these to anyone but do make sure you buy a good quality make. By the way you can also do cakes in them.

I love my breadmaker, its a Panasonic like yours Jaqui B. I put it on the timer every night and wake up in the morning to the smell of freshly baked wholemeal, seeded bread. Its worth getting out of bed for.

Just wanted to give you all this :nature-smiley-008:

for blessed are the breadmakers 😮

Does anyone here use a bread maker

yep

are they any good

yep - but do some research first, there are some excellent ones and some rubbish ones. I'm actually on my 3rd now (in about 15 years, including a lot of maltreatment at uni) and i've always had panasonics, as each time I've been looking they've been the best. Which? do a report on them every year or two, so worth checking if you know someone (or a library) who takes it

how does the bread taste compared when u do bread in an ordinary oven

tastes just as good as those done in the oven; and miles better than anything mass-made; on a par with bakery bought bread - but can be tailored to your tastes as you get to know what you're doing, and can be left on overnight, so they're ready when you get up. (PS, you do need to take them out of the machine as soon as they're ready though; so you need to not lie-in if you're doing that.).

The other thing is the with Panasonics at least, you can do different sizes of loaf, so it never needs to last more than the first day or so.

The flour mix I generaly use is home-mixed too, about 3 parts strong white/brown, to 2 parts granary, to 1 part wholemeal; and use between 1/2 and 2/3 of the salt the recipes suggest (I generally prefer butter to oil too)

Hello Everyone

Thank u all for replying - so I am def getting one - once I return to the UK I will have a look at the panasonic and the murphy richards and so some reach search..

Thanks again
Flowerx

i dont know if this link is any good as not read anything and of course
do not have a bread maker yet lol..

its about making the perfect bread.

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Bread/Secrets.htm