Breadmakers

Out of curiousity, how does breadmaker's bread compare with leading brands? What about the price - cheaper to make your own overall when adding in the cost of ingrediants as opposed to buying it from a supermarket?
 
Well that would depend wether you are trying to make something like a nice big crusty fresh loaf for over a quid or a tesco value loaf for 5p.
But the ingredients needed to make your own would only cost a few pence per loaf.
 
tim_enchanter said:
Well that would depend wether you are trying to make something like a nice big crusty fresh loaf for over a quid or a tesco value loaf for 5p.
But the ingredients needed to make your own would only cost a few pence per loaf.
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debateable as the loaves are smaller and are not sliced, so you dont get the same number of slices per 100g, plus good ingrediants arent cheap
 
SideWinder said:
Out of curiousity, how does breadmaker's bread compare with leading brands? What about the price - cheaper to make your own overall when adding in the cost of ingrediants as opposed to buying it from a supermarket?
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Cost of ingredients is around 20-30p per loaf I found.
The taste is much nicer than pretty much any shop bought stuff, especially when you make your own combinations. I like cheese and marmite loaf :)

I have only found two problems with my breadmaker.

1) The paddle. It means you have a hole in the bottom of the loaf and the bit of dough around it never rises up as much. Not too much of an issue though.

2) Whenever I make a loaf I end up eating it all within a day!
 
I had no idea that Panasonic made Bread Makers :D . I dont have one, because I probably wouldent use it anyway.

This is my first post btw.
 
Raymond Lin said:
That's good thou, how big is the loaf ?
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700-800g or so.

It's not good as I have about 5 slices covered in butter while it's still warm
Tastes great, but not particularly healthy!
 
My mum's been using hers for 4 years or so now - its great, especially in France where you can't get proper bread ;) Only problem is its a pita to slice.
 
scorza said:
My mum's been using hers for 4 years or so now - its great, especially in France where you can't get proper bread ;) Only problem is its a pita to slice.
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You can't get proper bread in France? :confused:
 
Jotun said:
How do they work? Do you just chuck the ingredients in, hit go and then wait?
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Thats more or less it yes.
You can set them up on a timer so it starts baking the bread ready for the morning, thats a nice smell to wake up to :)
 
wizard91 said:
Its all baugettes and stuff like that, no white loafs or whatnot.
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Thats right - baguettes are nice, but for a bacon butty you can't beat two slices of Mother's Pride :p (shame bacon is quite hard to come by in France tho).
 
We use ours everyday. We have a Panasonic one, use the rapid white loaf option. Takes 1:55 and is just as good as the 4:00 one. Top notch bread as well. We've tried Pitta, crossaints and Naan bread as well. Bloody great piece of kit.

Oh and if your thinking of getting one, never get one with a window, according to my Dad they are bad. :confused: :p
 
We also use ours every day.


The french loafs are the best :)



But the fastbake ones use a lot of oil and don't taste too nice IMO
 
Yeah you cant get good bacon there either, its all american rasher crap like that. But they do have good food most of the time.
 
actually the OP prompted me to have a play with ours (also a Panasonic)

much to the annoyance of my wife, as both my loaves turned out better than her previous efforts :p

wife tip #1029:
stick in a bit of wholemeal flour, the white flour version is a bit tasteless

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Rotty said:
no one uses them on a regular basis

you use them a few times and then they spend years in the back of a cupboard :p
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Too true :(

The quality of the loaf is something special though.. makes me want to use mine again
 
Does anyone have any breadmaker recommendations? I'm about to go skint from buying/eating too much Warburtons Seeded :) I've got a budget of around £100.
 
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