I bought a Panasonic Bread Maker today....

[Irene]

You lot have instigated my interest in making my own 'Daily Bread'.

I purchased a Panasonic SD-255 today, from ebay.

If you have any special recipes to pass on, I would be very happy to receive them.....

......post away. :D

[Boris]

We've tried out quite a few of these :)

http://www.best-bread-recipes.com/bread-maker-recipes.html

[-pops-]

I make bread but do it the old fashioned way and give it a good bash by hand. Wonderful for getting rid of any frustrations and it's good exercise as well.

One I particularly like is caraway bread - just bung in some caraway seeds (an amount that you think right) into the dough.

I've started putting all sorts of seeds in bread. Sesame seeds didn't seem to work too well (see below, though). I've had success with pumpkin seeds, sunflower (hulled), poppy seeds, millet, flax (linseed) and so on.

With sesame, the bread from UNroasted seeds was very odd but, if you dry fry or roast them first it works fine - as does adding sesame oil to the dough, the type used in Chinese cooking - not too much, though, it's quite powerful and it may make your breadmaker smell.

[AlanHo]

I have a Panasonic breadmaker and use just the recipes in the panasonic instruction book.

I often load the breadmaker before going to bed and set the timer for it to cook just before breakfast. The smell of fresh bread cooking that drifts through the house pulls me out of bed.

I particularly like using the breadmaker to make the dough for Indian Nan bread - which I then cook on a gas barbecue at full heat. A normal cooker grill is just not hot enough.

[andsome]

The one and only snag is the paddle. If left in it makes a large hole in the bread. I always put extra vitamin C in the bread, usually a quarter tea spoon of the powdered variety from Holland and Barrett. After the second kneading has finished, I tip the bread pan upside down onto a floured baking sheet to remove the paddle, and then return the dough to the machine. The extra vitamin C makes the dough rise faster, so I can keep an eye on it and press the stop button when it has risen almost enough. I then scroll through the program numbers to number twelve, (extra bake), and press the start button. The bread rises just the right amount and results in a perfect loaf. If you only put the correct amount of vitamin C in you have less control, because so many factors such as ambient temperature of the ingredients etc come into play.

I alway add a heaped table spoon of poppy seeds, a table spoon of pumpkin seeds, a table spoon of sunflower seeds, and a table spoon of sesame seeds. More often than not I use the Hovis malted grains flour, although I have just tried the Allinson variety from Morrison's, and find it is even tastier. Try the malted bread recipe from the instruction book, and the fruit loaf. I alway use the ingredients for a 1.5 pound loaf, and find that the extra vitamin C gives a two pound loaf size due to the extra rising power. If you have a sweet tooth, try the chocolate bread recipe. :D

[andsome]

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P.S. I always reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe, it is far too much, as the extra vitamin C will give sufficient rise. I use only a rounded table spoon of soft brown or demerara. :D

[Irene]

Thanks very much for all of your tips.

I'll let you know how I get on. :D

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

I never thought I would warm to the idea of a bread machine; I always thought it's a stupid Japanese invention that makes only Japanese (American) bread.

But maybe I have to think about it - there are dozens of different models on the market here. The main problem may be to get the right flower...?

[AlanHo]

I never thought I would warm to the idea of a bread machine; I always thought it's a stupid Japanese invention that makes only Japanese (American) bread.

But maybe I have to think about it - there are dozens of different models on the market here. The main problem may be to get the right flower...?

I can tell you for sure that Tulips are useless......... :lol:

[andsome]

I never thought I would warm to the idea of a bread machine; I always thought it's a stupid Japanese invention that makes only Japanese (American) bread.

But maybe I have to think about it - there are dozens of different models on the market here. The main problem may be to get the right flower...?

Your English is impeccable, but in this instance the word is FLOUR. I can recommend Panasonic. :D

[artist]

We've had a bread machine for a few years now - the novelty has worn off and the thing is just a kitchen ornament now. It made lovely bread though.

[Irene]

We're really looking forward to getting up in the morning, to the smell of freshly baked 'daily bread'. :D

[andsome]

We're really looking forward to getting up in the morning, to the smell of freshly baked 'daily bread'. :D

Nice at first agreed, but I bet you will soon want to use my method of removing the paddle. :D

[Irene]

We're really looking forward to getting up in the morning, to the smell of freshly baked 'daily bread'. :D

Nice at first agreed, but I bet you will soon want to use my method of removing the paddle. :D

I'm sure that's really good advice.

Once we've experienced the aroma test, no doubt I will give your method 'whirl'. :D

[catgate]

We're really looking forward to getting up in the morning, to the smell of freshly baked 'daily bread'. :D

Nice at first agreed, but I bet you will soon want to use my method of removing the paddle. :D

I'm sure that's really good advice.

Once we've experienced the aroma test, no doubt I will give your method 'whirl'. :D

Don't ARGUE

[Irene]

We're really looking forward to getting up in the morning, to the smell of freshly baked 'daily bread'. :D

Nice at first agreed, but I bet you will soon want to use my method of removing the paddle. :D

I'm sure that's really good advice.

Once we've experienced the aroma test, no doubt I will give your method 'whirl'. :D

Don't ARGUE

With whom?

[AlanHo]

We're really looking forward to getting up in the morning, to the smell of freshly baked 'daily bread'. :D

Nice at first agreed, but I bet you will soon want to use my method of removing the paddle. :D

I'm sure that's really good advice.

Once we've experienced the aroma test, no doubt I will give your method 'whirl'. :D

Don't ARGUE

With whom?

Irene - whilst andsome's idea has some merit - you cannot do it when you cook bread overnight because the whole operation takes place whilst you are asleep. Andsome must get up in the night after the dough is mixed and before it is baked. Perhaps your hubby will be cooperative and wake you at the appropriate time..... :lol: Good luck.

[Irene]

OK, I hear all of what you say, but how long does the process actually take?

[Gandalph]

Perhaps your hubby will be cooperative and wake you at the appropriate time..... :lol: Good luck.

I've no doubt he does. :lol: :lol:

[Irene]

Perhaps your hubby will be cooperative and wake you at the appropriate time..... :lol: Good luck.

I've no doubt he does. :lol: :lol:

Only when I don't have a headache.

[andsome]

We're really looking forward to getting up in the morning, to the smell of freshly baked 'daily bread'. :D

Nice at first agreed, but I bet you will soon want to use my method of removing the paddle. :D

I'm sure that's really good advice.

Once we've experienced the aroma test, no doubt I will give your method 'whirl'. :D

Don't ARGUE

With whom?

Irene - whilst andsome's idea has some merit - you cannot do it when you cook bread overnight because the whole operation takes place whilst you are asleep. Andsome must get up in the night after the dough is mixed and before it is baked. Perhaps your hubby will be cooperative and wake you at the appropriate time..... :lol: Good luck.

We tried the warm bread business when we first had our machine. Although it smells nice to get up to we don't use bread in the morning, we always have cereals, porridge or fruit and yogurt. We also tried slicing freshly cooked warm bread later in the day, and found it difficult to slice neatly. I much prefer slicing cooled bread. :D

[rong]

Buy an electric carving knife.

[catgate]

Although it smells nice to get up to we don't use bread in the morning, we always have cereals, porridge or fruit and yogurt.

It looks to me as though you are going to have to take you bread machine back and swap it for a porrdge maker

[andsome]

Although it smells nice to get up to we don't use bread in the morning, we always have cereals, porridge or fruit and yogurt.

It looks to me as though you are going to have to take you bread machine back and swap it for a porrdge maker

What is porrdge, is it tasty? :lol:

[Irene]

Thought I would update on the Breadmaker production line. :D

I am presently have my third loaf in process.

The first was a straight forward, medium white.

Next I tried a large wholemeal.

Both of them were delicious.

Todays version is a five-seeded large white, using linseed, poppy, sunflower, sesame and pumpkin. B)

There are some very interesting recipies in the accompanying book...

One being curry and mango; another pesto & pine nut, and lots more. :D