cerbera
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| posted on 3/1/14 at 12:22 PM |
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Recommend me a Bread Maker
I'm sure there's a lot of home bakers who grow there own bread in these new fangled contraptions. Anyone recommend a good one or have any
insights of what to look out for when buying.
Cheers.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 3/1/14 at 12:34 PM |
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can't recommend a specific one because I have had 2 in my life and had to get rid of both of them.
The problem is that if you have one you use it. When you use it the bread is so fantastic that you eat it all..........
Then you get really fat and then you have to diet which means throwing the bread maker away...............again........
just my experience but perhaps worth bearing in mind
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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chris-g
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| posted on 3/1/14 at 01:04 PM |
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I don't buy bread any more, the stuff the bread maker makes is far superior. I currently have a Panasonic which are very highly regarded but
previously I had a Morphy Richards which was also very good and is in regular use with another forum member. I only got rid of it because I got the
Panasonic at a very good price. Don't buy a cheap unbranded machine, it might work well but bread makers all seem to suffer from paddle spindles
that either wear or get stuck due to the seals failing and the only solution is usually a new tin. With a well known brand you can usually get
replacement tins but with an unbranded one the chances of getting a new tin are slim and the machine is scrap. Lots of people buy them and then only
use them a couple of times before putting them in the back of the cupboard so a used one might be good value.
I use tins of Allinson dried active yeast as its much better value that packets of dried quick acting yeast. It say on the tin that its not suitable
for bread makers but that is really only if you intend to use the timer feature where the ingredients are in the machine for sometime (possibly many
hours) before the programme starts. Just follow the instructions on the tin.
Hope that helps.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/1/14 at 01:56 PM |
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I can second the Panasonic - they are a bit more expensive, but they do work well and you can get most spares if required.
We got ours after seeing the one my brother and his wife had got.
Our son bought one after seeing how ours worked so well.
One word of caution - if any breadmaker doesn't give good results - try a different brand of bread flour. Sometime one batch can be
sub-standard and you end up with something with the texture of a house brick. We were all set to blame the breadmaker, until we swapped brand of
flour - all good again.
[Edited on 3/1/14 by David Jenkins]
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