apples24

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dug out the breadmaker from the depths of the cupboard yesterday ive made 6 loafs so far lol

got a chocolate bread in there at the mo


mmmmmmm lovley

Tam the bam

I quite fancy getting one of those, are the easy to use?

Jamie

Can we have a picture of said loafs on your head ?

apples24

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pmsl


well easy to use jusr throw in the ingrediants in the right order and switch on lol takes 3 mins

Nicks VR4

Got the Mrs one for xmas a yew years ago

Every time she made bread it was very doughy stoggy

She was told it does depend on what flour, yeast you use too

Not been used for ages now

Nicks VR4

That doesn't include cooking time

Nimbus

I wonder why....

apples24

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3 hrs for the nice loaf

they also make you dough for donuts, muffins, croissants etc so all you do is bung it in oven

as for they stodgy bread did you put ingrediants int he right order? flower and yeast ontop

Tam the bam

Mmmmm sounds good, I'll need to go look out for one now

apples24

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the loaf im just making takes half cup sugur and half cup coco powder ! should of called it the calorie buster lol

Nicks VR4

Yeap in the right order some flour / yeast makers are making special packs for the machines now

apples24

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try again i say, and put it on the setting for dark, not on a fast bake or anything make sure ingrediants are right

Luminous

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My mum is really into her bread machine (oh how old people are sad ). Anyway, they are really easy to use, but they do have to be cleaned. That can take quite a while, all depending on what you make. The certain aforementioned person has developed a penchant for tomato bread, which involves using these dried tomatoes.

Not all find their way into the bread, there is always some residue. Which is nicely baked for 3 hours. Ever come across stuff that has been welded on from a dishwasher??? Oh yes, you are getting the idea now. Then add the fact that the baking bowl for our machine is not allowed to be submersed into the sink and you have a 20 min cleaning job.

Be aware that the bread you make will not last long, as the stuff in the shops has preservative. Hence our bread is sliced, and then each piece individually frozen so that it can be toasted. *sighs*

Its actually faster to go to the local supermarket and buy a loaf than deal with all of the above, a point I have proven on a fair few occasions. I guess it all depends on how **** you are though...

apples24

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we just eat one every day, not tried the tomato one but doubt i will now lol as i hate washing up

they should be teflon coatged i clean mine with running water v easily

Jamie

Use your hands you lazy gits

Luminous

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Oh, its coated in teflon alright!! Its just this tomato stuff can cling to anything, turns into the black sort of immovable stuff you find on your baking trays. You are limited to how to clean it, as you don't want to scrape off the teflon coating that is meant to be helping you

Still, it does taste good.

Iwan

We're on our 2nd bread machine, after wearing the first one out. We use it pretty much every day for bread (white and brown alternately) and also for pizza dough* about once a week.

We wouldn't be without it tbh, it's great. And it's super easy to use, I have the "standard loaf" recipe memorised so it takes me about 2 minutes to wack all the ingrediants in the machine.

I haven't factored in the cost of the machine or the electricity it uses, but it makes loaves a lot cheaper than to buy them from the shop. Plus they taste better and we know exactly what's in them.

* makes wicked stone baked type pizzas, think real italian stuff rather than greasy 'Pizza Hut' type.

Lee247

You bought your wife a bread maker for Christmas

What's wrong with perfume, undies etc. I would of thrown it at you

matchmaker

The bread from ours doesn't last. Nothing to do with preservatives - if I make a granary loaf in the morning, it's all eaten by the time I get home after work

Luminous

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Really!? I thought the raw ingredients themselves cost more than bought loaves (or should that be loafs) of bread. Cheap supermarket bread is not expensive at all (and tastes great imo).

J4CKO

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We just used ours for Pizza bases, way cheaper, better and healthier than Dominos.

matchmaker

Cheap supermarket bread tastes like crap. I wouldn't use it to wipe my ***.

A decent loaf now costs near as dammit £1

SCOsazOBY

Is that because of the crumbs or incase you stick your thumb through it?

Luminous

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Well no, if you did it would just go all crumbly and you would end up with more of a mess than started with

I just remember the last pack of bread mix I had to buy. Was something near £3 and only made three loafs (loaves) I believe. You can tell I don't actually make the stuff, I just get to clean it afterwards

Iwan

We use 500g of flour for a loaf, and thus get 3 loaves out of a 1.5Kg bag of bread flour from Tescos (> £0.50). The rest is water, oil, sugar, salt, yeast, pretty minimal cost.

IIRC they said on the news an average loaf now costs £1, ours are less than that.

Also never underestimate the feelgood factor of the smell of freshly baking bread in yer kitchen.

Proby521

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When I live back at the ol' folks house a few years back, my mum used to make banana bread in hers. It was bang on! and as mentioned, the smell of freshly baked bread in the kitchen is great. Must buy the other half one!

Proby

apples24

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update the chocolate bread was ermmmm


crap i think lol

its more of a cake type thing stodgy ish thought it was odd it had a egg in it too lol might be yummy with cream on in a bowl though

Luminous

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I cannot smell a thing Its a sense that has slowly gone away from me. Just took some bread out and never smelt anything, I can vaguely remember what it smelt like as a little boy though.