Bread maker prices, is it just me ?

[Dave7]

I have a Morphy Richards which makes a nice loaf.
Thinking of buying one for my daughter as she is gradually taking over mine.
Google tells me that even a basic Panasonic is now £127.
Going back I know but I'm sure I paid less than £50.00.
A lot of pennies to make your own bread.

 

[fossyant]

Prices have risen and it's going to cost more dough !

 

[vickster]

I have a Morphy Richards which makes a nice loaf.
Thinking of buying one for my daughter as she is gradually taking over mine.
Google tells me that even a basic Panasonic is now £127.
Going back I know but I'm sure I paid less than £50.00.
A lot of pennies to make your own bread.

£70 here https://www.lakeland.co.uk/16147/lakeland-white-compact-1lb-daily-loaf-bread-maker or £100 down from £150 https://www.lakeland.co.uk/63483/lakeland-touchscreen-bread-maker
Spose it depends what you knead it to be able to do...
Use your loaf to search rather than Google
Don't just roll over and pay the high price for the brands

 

[Dave7]

£70 here https://www.lakeland.co.uk/16147/lakeland-white-compact-1lb-daily-loaf-bread-maker or £100 down from £150 https://www.lakeland.co.uk/63483/lakeland-touchscreen-bread-maker
Spose it depends what you knead it to be able to do...
Use your loaf to search rather than Google
Don't just roll over and pay the high price for the brands

Thanks.
Main problem with that one is it only makes 1Lb size loaves which are not big enough for our needs.

 

[Bazzer]

I have a Morphy Richards which makes a nice loaf.
Thinking of buying one for my daughter as she is gradually taking over mine.
Google tells me that even a basic Panasonic is now £127.
Going back I know but I'm sure I paid less than £50.00.
A lot of pennies to make your own bread.

But the taste is so much better than factory bread.
Also you can introduce your own ingredients. Last Friday we had chives and green olive bread.

 

[vickster]

Thanks.
Main problem with that one is it only makes 1Lb size loaves which are not big enough for our needs.

You didn't say that though...you mentioned basic
There are always offers on, discount codes etc so choose one or two that meet your needs and search out the best price!

 

[Reynard]

Or just simply make loaves by hand. Then all you need is a bowl, a plastic bag that fits over the bowl, a banneton and a terracotta "chicken brick".

 

[fossyant]

Amazon sale from tomorrow so you should get something

 

[Dave7]

You didn't say that though...you mentioned basic
There are always offers on, discount codes etc so choose one or two that meet your needs and search out the best price!

TBH I thought they all did 1, 1/12 and 2Lb sizes.

 

[vickster]

TBH I thought they all did 1, 1/12 and 2Lb sizes.

The second link does

 

[vickster]

Amazon sale from tomorrow so you should get something

Only on Prime 👍

 

[Dave7]

But the taste is so much better than factory bread.
Also you can introduce your own ingredients. Last Friday we had chives and green olive bread.

Indeed.
I used to put various types of seed in.
My daughter is making madeira cake at the weekend.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Or just simply make loaves by hand. Then all you need is a bowl, a plastic bag that fits over the bowl, a banneton and a terracotta "chicken brick".

You beat me to it!
I love making bread, although I must confess that I have a bread maker.
I didn't buy it, I bartered it for a few surplus propagated plants, so it didn't cost me anything.
Handy to have for quickness, and if I want to be in the garden without having to think about bread timings, but the hand made one is on another level for sure.
I just got a new kitchen, with 2 ovens
One of them has a dough rising function: I will use it for sourdough, my flat is never warm enough for natural yeast, takes 2 days to make a loaf!
@Dave7 look out for second hand ones, often people buy them, use them a couple of times, then the novelty wears off.

 

[Reynard]

You beat me to it!
I love making bread, although I must confess that I have a bread maker.
I didn't buy it, I bartered it for a few surplus propagated plants, so it didn't cost me anything.
Handy to have for quickness, and if I want to be in the garden without having to think about bread timings, but the hand made one is on another level for sure.
I just got a new kitchen, with 2 ovens
One of them has a dough rising function: I will use it for sourdough, my flat is never warm enough for natural yeast, takes 2 days to make a loaf!
@Dave7 look out for second hand ones, often people buy them, use them a couple of times, then the novelty wears off.

I love making bread too, but well, the problem is that rises in the yeast and, err, sets in the waist...

Have to admit, I'm a fan of long, slow rises, as that's one of the good ways to build texture and flavour. I generally make my dough in the evening, and wang it in the fridge overnight so that it doesn't "run away" with me during the bulk ferment.

+1 for looking at second hand ones @Dave7 - Pat is right, so many kitchen gadgets simply end up gathering dust.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Have to admit, I'm a fan of long, slow rises, as that's one of the good ways to build texture and flavour. I generally make my dough in the evening, and wang it in the fridge overnight so that it doesn't "run away" with me during the bulk ferment.

Aye, the fridge/oven method, as a famous Italian sourdough baker calls it.
For this to work I need 2 consecutive days off work though, which rarely happens.
When I retire, I'll work on my sourdough skills in earnest.
Meantime, I keep feeding the starter, waiting for my annual leave to actually make a sourdough loaf