Experiences of breadmaking machines

*this thread is useless without bread*

I'm really hungry now

[Luckypants]

Off to carve a chunk off me granary loaf made yesterday. 3 in the freezer from that batch. yum yum yum!

Originally Posted by hovis

tried all that.

i could just not get the hang of it, sold it in a car boot sale for a tenner

So you're called Hovis, yet you can't bake bread. Fraud!

Originally Posted by wyrdness

I did a lot of research before buying ours and decided to go with the Panasonic SD253 as it got the best reviews of any bread maker. It was also one of the most expensive at the time, but definitely worth it, as it's a superb machine. It makes excellent bread and, just as importantly, pizza dough. Making your own pizzas from scratch is great fun.

I'll second that - we have the same one and its fab.

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

*this thread is useless without bread*

I'm really hungry now

Here's one that I made earlier. Garlic and herb 'monkey bread' (dough balls in garlic butter, baked in a round tin). Used the breadmaker for the dough, which is lovely and light:

mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Will you post me some?

[timwilky]

I had one when I was working in China as I could not get on with the local bread. The 2" hole in the middle was a dead giveaway to my scrounging colleagues that at least I had proper bread for my butties.

Now my mother when she could be bothered to leave her cauldron used to make bread when we were kids. Flour was bought by the 56lb sack. She would get in shape for punching my dad by kneading dough for hours. Leave it to rise whilst she worked on a new spell or stuck pins into effigies of neighbours etc. and then the most glorious smell as she would bake a couple of loaves. Leaves you salivating thinking of all that bread she baked for the covern whilst us kids had an old chicken leg bone that the dog had left in warm water to share

Thanks peeps, I know there wasn't a subject under the sun that the org doesn't know about. Can't honestly say I'm persuaded but Mrs is v v keen.

Ed: Pansonic SD255 (latest and greatest, allegedly), £80 delivered, Empire Direct.

I'm tempted...

We have one, smell of fresh bread in the morning is cracking. Raisin bread and granary are great - even the kids love it.

My only tip would be ensure you get one with a timer. To be honest, I can't imagine you can get them eithout a timer these days but it is essential. A friend a work had one with no timer and soon lost interest.

Look for one that makes a large loaf if you have a family, they don't last long... hard to cut thin slices esp. when bread is still warm.

I can see why people get fed up with 'em... because I am too lazy to set the thing up, luckily my missus is a bread making whizz