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So if I buy a breadmaker will I use it or will it gather dust?

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franch · 23/06/2007 13:36

Talk me through it - just how quick & easy is it to make an everyday loaf? (I'm thinking of going wheat free btw)

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FioFio · 23/06/2007 13:39

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franch · 23/06/2007 13:40

So do you just chuck all the ingredients in and press go?

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flibbertyjibbet · 23/06/2007 13:47

I use my breadmaker almost every day. You do have to weigh and measure but yes then you just press go. If it comes with a decent recipe book then just find the easiest loaf and stick to that till you get confident enough to experiment. Don't waste money on those little sachets of yeast, I get a big bag of 'fermipan' from my health food shop and it lasts about 9 months. it is easy, but not that quick as a basic loaf in mine takes about 3 hours. Also dont' expect anything like shop bought bread, its much denser (you need to eat less to feel full though) and goes stale quicker.
Occasionally though mine gathers a bit of dust but I always get it out before mil visits! I dont' know how wheat free loavs would work out, the ones you see on sale always look a bit like house bricks to me! But the wheat flour we use is organic and grown/milled in this country - most commercial bread is from imported canadian wheat which is much much higher in gluten and its the high gluten that causes stomach probs. I don't have any bloating after a slice of my home made bread made with Marriages flour.

PigeonPie · 23/06/2007 13:49

That's basically it, yes! Bung all the ingredients in and push go .

I've had mine for almost two years and haven't bought a loaf of bread since. Today, I'm doing two lots of pizza dough for supper and will put it on again this evening for fresh bread tomorrow morning. Mine will also do raisin bread, pittas, muffins and much more (it's a Panasonic). Couldn't be without it.

Lilymaid · 23/06/2007 13:51

I make my bread overnight - weigh in the ingredients, add the water then put on delay start. We wake up in the morning to the aroma of freshly baked bread.

CantSleepWontSleep · 23/06/2007 13:52

I made pizzas with ours for lunch today, and even the inlaws were impressed!

I have a book called 'The Breadmaker Bible' which has lots of wheat free recipes in, and is very good.

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franch · 23/06/2007 13:57

Are they a faff to clean then?

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uberalice · 23/06/2007 14:07

Breadmakers are fab. Not difficult to keep clean - wipe outside with damp cloth, and the inside of the tin with kitchen paper. In my experience, you get what you pay for, so get a good one. We've got a Panasonic which we've had for about 10 years and it gets used every 1 or 2 days.

finknottle · 23/06/2007 14:30

Tbh I was disappointed that the loaves were so small. Ours is an Unold (German make) & if you don't remember to take the dough hook out before baking you lose the bottom inch of the loaf as well. I ended up buying a slicer because I'd produce decent-looking albeit smallish loaves and then hack at them, my crusts were always rock hard or weedy soft. The slicer worked fine but then I hit a patch of dodgy dried yeast I think & the bread never rose. I must have thrown several away & discovered too late I'd left the dough hook in one... It's in our composter so I'll get it back eventually but .... I'm not sure I want it
Daftest of all, we live a minute away from a bakery and the Germans do make great bread & rolls & I can buy fresh every day

CantSleepWontSleep · 23/06/2007 20:56

My bread isn't dense! You either need a different breadbaker (we have the panasonic, which seems to repeatedly get the MN thumbs up) or a different recipe (unless you like dense bread)!

My loaves are also plenty big enough, and to clean it's just like washing a saucepan.

essanel · 23/06/2007 21:04

We bought ours about 3 mths ago and have used it every couple of days - i dont think i have bought shop bread since- ours has a delay timer and there is nothing better than waking up to the smell of fresh bread!

fryalot · 23/06/2007 21:07

I use mine every single day.

I too was worried that I would use it once and then it would get put away in a cupboard, but it has been great.

I got this one and it has been great for us.

mckenzie · 23/06/2007 21:34

Cantsleepwontsleep - I'm going to borrow my mum's breadmaker for a couple of days and see how I get on wiht it. Please would you mind I wonder giving me a basic recipe from the Breadmaker Bible book for a wheat free bread? I dont want to buy the book until I'm a bit more certain that i will use it (I have a terrible habit of getting a new toy or gadget and buying all the gizmos that go with it and then not using it after 2 weeks and wasting lots of money. I can't afford to keep doing that)

TIA

katelyle · 23/06/2007 21:48

If you buy the Panasonic one, I guarantee you will use it every day. However, you will also probably eat more bread than is good for you because the smell is irrisistible! You will also produce wonderful pizzas at the weekend because you will put the stuff in timed to be ready when you get home so that you can
have fresh home made pizza in half an hour. You will also make the occasional brick, which will remind you that you are mortal.......

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