Bread making machines - Do you have one and do you use it regularly

[bodminman]

My woman got one of these for christmas and so far I've just been following the recipes that came in the instruction manual.

 

I now want to branch out a bit further and try different recipes for white sandwich bread etc as I find the default ones a bit heavy and/or spongy.

 

Anyone got any recipes you're confident of sharing?

 

Cheers

[witch]

My woman

 

I'm sorry, what?

[bodminman]

I'm sorry, what?

 

LOL - My woman aka the wife. She likes it when I call her 'My woman' for some reason.

[HarryMonkey]

I bought one for my ex a few years ago after she wouldn't stop going on about it. As far as I'm aware, it has never been used.

[bodminman]

I bought one for my ex a few years ago after she wouldn't stop going on about it. As far as I'm aware, it has never been used.

 

We use ours 2-3 times a week but I want to push the boundries a little. I've tried tradition bread making but it was never a success.

[Joanne]

Mine just gets used for pizza dough now and again. The recipe is in the book I got with it. Experiment with different levels of yeast... sometimes putting too much in can make the bread too dense! Because it all activates and then collapses.

[bodminman]

Mine just gets used for pizza dough now and again. The recipe is in the book I got with it. Experiment with different levels of yeast... sometimes putting too much in can make the bread too dense! Because it all activates and then collapses.

 

Thanks @Joanne That's a good pointer with the yeast so I'll try dropping it by 1/4tsp next time we do a loaf and see what happens.

[ICTDirect_Dave]

We got one as a wedding present. It's great!

 

We use it for three sandwich loafs a week, plus ciabatta/foccacia(correct spelling?), pizza dough, and occasionally for a mean dark chocolate cake which goes incredibly well with a generous helping of lemon cheese.

[ButterflyMoon]

I make a mean gingerbread in mine, also you can make some lovely cakes in it.

[bodminman]

Can you share recipes please or point me to a good source.

 

Ta

[Sagima]

Mine broke around christmas (gone through three over the last 11 years) and now I spend a bit of time Saturday morning and Sunday evening kneading by hand and baking in the oven. I might buy another one at some point but I just don't eat that much bread. I do love the toast fresh bread makes though.

 

I used to microwave the cold water for 40 seconds before putting it in the machine so it was just above lukewarm. Seemed to work more consistently than judging the temp from the tap and when feeling lazy wright's white bread mix is the best of the premixed bread mixes I've used.

[ICTDirect_Dave]

Chocolate Cake (Bread Machine Recipe) Recipe | SparkRecipes

 

Simples

[bodminman]

Chocolate Cake (Bread Machine Recipe) Recipe | SparkRecipes

 

Simples

 

Just so happens we have all those ingredients.

 

Will try this out later.

[sted]

I use it a lot less than when i first got it infact I don't remember using it this year. Last few times it has been for pizza bases to use up whatever random junk I have in the cupboard that wants eating lol

[eyetea]

Mine just gets used for pizza dough now and again. The recipe is in the book I got with it. Experiment with different levels of yeast... sometimes putting too much in can make the bread too dense! Because it all activates and then collapses.

 

Mums got one, I was the only one that used it for this! Now I've moved out it won't get used!

[bodminman]

...... use up whatever random junk I have in the cupboard that wants eating lol

 

That's a skill i need to master and quickly too!

[ICTDirect_Dave]

Just so happens we have all those ingredients.

 

Will try this out later.

 

Take snaps of the finished product

 

Mums got one, I was the only one that used it for this! Now I've moved out it won't get used!

 

Take it with you perhaps?

[bodminman]

Take snaps of the finished product

 

Let's see how it turns out first! LOL

[rickjames]

Nope, make all my bread/dough stuff by hand. Once you get your technique right (with a tip or two along the way) its super easy and a million times more rewarding. You also need a bit of patience. Would like to make more doughnut type stuff where admittedly I'd love a good food mixer, but can't afford/justify one. Sigh.

 

Made this yesterday, turned out pretty well.

[witch]

LOL - My woman aka the wife. She likes it when I call her 'My woman' for some reason.

 

Ok - I'll let you off

I love my breadmaker btw

[pcstru]

The Panasonic Instruction Book is my go-to place for recipes for my bread maker. I do a couple of wholemeal loaves a week - and I'll often chuck in a handful of oats and reduce the flour by that weight. Other regulars are :

1. focachia bread with fresh rosemary added to the dough and then as a topping either tomato and red onion or just olive oil, some grated parmesan and a little salt.

2. Pizza dough (I like to use honey in place of any sugar).

3. Cibbatta.

4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/naan_86626]Naan[/ulr].

[ButterflyMoon]

This is the one I used. I get most from online and try them out

 

This resulting cake is a lovely moist and sticky gingerbread that is popular with both adults and children: perfect to accompany a steaming mug of your favourite Clipper tea whilst standing round the bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night.

 

 

 

Bread machines with the Bake only option are handy for making an easy cake; somehow, it seems much less effort than using the oven and it’s more economical on electricity. Bread machines aren’t cut out for light-as-a-whisper sponge cakes, but they can help you bake a very good loaf or bar-type cake based around dried fruit, ginger and so on.

 

This recipe is suitable for machines with the Bake only option with a timer for adding extra time as necessary.

 

If you don’t have a bread machine, you can make this cake in a conventional oven: pour the mixture into a greased, and preferably lined, 450g loaf tin and bake at 160C (fan ovens) or equivalent for approximately 45 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

 

50g dark brown sugar

4 tablespoons golden syrup

2 tablespoons black treacle

2 teaspoons mixed spice

3 teaspoons ground ginger

150ml cold water

110g butter, diced

225g plain flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 medium eggs, lightly beaten

 

 

Remove the mixing blade and grease the bread pan.

 

Line the bottom of the bread pan with greaseproof paper: invert the pan on top of your paper and draw round it, avoiding the handle. Cut round the lines and snip a few cuts round the edges of the paper to enable it to lie flat against the sides of the pan. Settle the paper into the bottom of the pan and press over the blade spindle, smoothing the edges flat.

 

Put the sugar, golden syrup, black treacle, spices and water into a roomy pan. Heat over a moderate heat until everything has melted and the sugar has dissolved. Add the butter. Continue to heat until the butter has melted.

 

Add the baking powder to the weighed flour.

 

Leave the sugar mixture until almost cold and, using a sieve; gradually stir in half the flour and baking powder a little at a time with a wooden spoon. Add the eggs, one at a time with a little more flour, and mix in. Add the remaining flour gradually, stirring it in as you go.

 

Pour the mixture carefully into the prepared bread pan, being sure to keep pouring into the middle so that the mixture spreads out of its own accord and stays on top of the greaseproof paper. Select the Bake only programme and enter 1 hour on the timer.

 

Test with a skewer. If the cake isn’t done, close the lid smartly and enter another 5 or 10 minutes on the timer. Make a note for the next time.

 

When the cake is ready, switch off the machine and remove the bread pan but leave the cake in the bread pan to settle for 10 minutes or so. After that time it should have started to contract away from the sides of its own accord.

 

Protect one hand with a cloth and put your other hand carefully inside the bread pan and support the cake with your outspread fingers as you turn the bread pan upside down. The cake should come out easily. Peel away the greaseproof paper and finish cooling on a wire rack.

 

Once completely cold, store in an airtight tin.

 

This recipe is taken from ‘Fresh Bread and Bakes from your Bread Machine’ by Sue Simkins, out now.

[ButterflyMoon]

Oooh found this

 

Bread Maker Recipes| BakingMad.com

[TechMonkey]

...I spend a bit of time Saturday morning and Sunday evening kneading by hand and baking in the oven...

 

Same here, though I might try doing it one evening so I have nice toast for Saturday mornings. Doesn't actually take that long, it's the waits in between activity that are what takes the time. I've just got back into it after moving last year and generally not having the time or space to do it with various repairs and fixings I've needed to do or help with.

 

I've done a couple of white bloomers that turned out all right. Second one was a bit yeasty but that may have been because I left it too long proving. I'm still practising and working with trial and error

[LincolnE]

I don't have a bread machine, although I do have a lovely kmix stand mixer. I find that I prefer oven cooked bread and I still don't need to do the hard parts.