Breadmaking machines ........

[chappie]

Anybody use a breadmaker, and are you impressed with it?

[joggerjayne]

Yep. They are fab. And the smell in the morning is wonderful.

[chappie]

Thanks Jayne. I'm gonna give one a go.

[joggerjayne]

Mine's a Kenwood, and it works really well, but there are loads of different ones.

[figure]

Yes. Very, very impressed. Great appliance to have in the kitchen, and very convenient too.

[cherrycherry]

hi...we sometimes use a breadmaker here at home but i don't think we've experimented enough with the settings yet. The ones we have made are too hard on the crust with a thick coating of flour on the top, and too doughy inside. I presume that if someone had the patience to experiment outside the guidance on the instruction leaflet then they would get their desired results, but it might be at the risk of wasting a few loaves. It would be great to be able to cook some of the fantastic recipes i read about in cookbooks...lavender bread and the like. The smell of the loaves cooking is really lovely, even if the end result is inedible, but i have to say i haven't found it cost-effective and we normally just get a standard french stick from the supermarket or corner shop. Having read your post, though, i might give it another whirl...!

[cherrycherry]

ps our model is a morphy richards, i feel ashamed to have admitted that we can't work it very well after the other posters say that they get great results!

[Ice.Maiden]

Yes - brilliant! I have a large Morphy Richards Fast Bake. You can have a loaf in an hour, and make all sorts of different things in them.

[essexshazza]

i have a breadmaker and would not be without it, i actually make fruitloaf for my neighbours and cinnamon bread for my son, you can set it on timer and wake up to fresh cooked bread, MMMmmmmmmmmmm

[woofgang]

I've got a panasonic. Its not the cheapest and doesn't do jam or cakes but consistently gets the best write ups. If you are having trouble with recipes, try using a ready mix pack. M and s do their own and nost of the big supermarkets sell them

[lidlicker]

Hi - I have used my Panasonic SD-253 bread maker for years !
I wouldn't be without it. There is a great book with it with lots of recipes, including French and Italian breads, gluten-free recipes, cakes and teabreads, crsoissants, hot cross buns, etc., etc.,
Best thing we ever bought,.

[Naomicorlett]

Panasonic .I love it , I never buy shop bread. OH sundried tomato olive oil bread OH multi seed bread. OH fresh white soft bread. just off to bake a loaf..........

[funnygirl]

Just a question, do you have to make the dough??

Or does the machine mix all the ingriedients for you??

[sandrajo]

I've got one, I only used it a few times with mixed results lol....here's one of my ok ones:

[IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u239/sandra 05_2007/homemadebread.jpg[/IMG]

I might just get it back out of the cupboard and give it another go, the smell is to die for...yummy...

[sandrajo]

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u239/sandra 05_2007/homemadebread.jpg

[figure]

Sandra, there's no picture. Photobucket removed it because they deemed it unrecognisable. lol lol

[figure]

Now that look good. Where's the butter ... ;-) x

[chappie]

Thanks for all replies.

*Wow*, sandrajo, was that really one of yours! Very impressive!

[theonlyone]

My friend has one ...we rarely get
fresh bread when we visit as they
have eaten it ...think they will now
be going on a diet !!!

[sandrajo]

lol figure, the taste was unrecognizable also ;o)

[Oneeyedvic]

If you are going to get one, may I suggest that you go to a car boot sale - there are hundreds there for sale, since most people buy one then put it in a cupboard.

Bear in mind it is far more expensive to bake bread this way than it is to buy a loaf from your local bakers.