We also use a Panasonic, SD-Zb2502, it has a separate bit for other ingredients etc.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3625217.htm
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3625217.htm
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Ian H
Ancient randonneur
It is dead simple. Flour (I use half and half strong white and wholemeal), pinch of salt, small amount of sugar. I use dried yeast for ease – add some warm water and a bit of flour and/or sugar and leave for a bit. Mix it all together, add water gradually until it's a stiff dough. Keep kneading until it comes cleanly from the bowl. cover and leave until it doubles in size. Knead lightly and put into tins or whatever. Let it rise again then shove in a hot oven for around 45 minutes.
You can add eggs, butter, oil, sesame seed, various other seeds, replace the sugar with molasses or honey, whatever.
I never measure anything so every loaf is different. The only vital things are to knead thoroughly and let it rise enough.
You can add eggs, butter, oil, sesame seed, various other seeds, replace the sugar with molasses or honey, whatever.
I never measure anything so every loaf is different. The only vital things are to knead thoroughly and let it rise enough.
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ScotiaLass
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Oooh thanks!
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ScotiaLass
Guru
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[QUOTE 3973466, member: 259"]So that'll be another Panny buyer then! 
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possibly...I will give hand making it a few tries first!
[/QUOTE] possibly...I will give hand making it a few tries first!
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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- Meanwood, Leeds
jhawk
Veteran
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- New Brunswick, Canada
Thine bare hands! It tastes so much better, honestly. Been making my own for two years and never looked back. Strangely therapeutic too. HMU if you want the recipe I use.
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
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- Manchester way
My mate Crofty, I shall ask his advice but he may scoff and say do it by hand.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Whenever this comes up there's a chorus of "Panasonic!" And I'm sure they're very good. They're also upwards of £100. I've been making bread for ten years now, using a couple of less exotic machines called Cookworks, always bought off ebay for a few quid. I think the first one lasted five or six years, the second is going strong. People buy them, try them, then give up and want rid. Or they get two as wedding presents. Either way, they end up on ebay, new or virtually unused, going for a song. This is the kind of thing. I'm sure you'd be very happy with a Panasonic, but if you'd like to give it a go without breaking the bank, check out Cookworks, and check out ebay. Just a thought...
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Apart from making it a school once I had never made bread until I was 54, the first loaf was a cider loaf from Nigel Slaters kitchen diaries 2 . It's very simple, tasted FAB and you don't even need a tin. Like folks said its all in the kneading and the resting. If you want to buy fresh yeast you can get it from the bakery section in your local Sainburys
This is a version of Nigel Slaters recipe that we make nearly every week.
B250g spelt flour
250g white bread flour
25g of fresh yeast OR 7g dried yeast
Gently-heaped teaspoon salt
150ml whole milk
250ml cider/beer/stout
Teaspoon honey or treacle
Put the flours, yeast and salt in a warm bowl and mix well. Warm the milk and honey/treacle until it is all dissolved. Pour into the flours with the cider/beer/stout, mix, knead and prove, leave in a warm place for an hour covered up, knead and prove, then reast in a warm place for 30 mins, knead and prove. Roll the dough into a ball and place on to a oiled and lightly floured baking sheet, leave in a warm ace for another 15 minutes whilst the oven Hears ul to 225 place in the oven for 25 ish minutes.
There’s another bread which has 350ml warm water instead of the milk and cider. It’s crustier than the cider loaf.
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
I keep thinking of bare hands but I can't be a****d with the "Let it rest for two hours, knead it, rest it" malarkey. The bread maker handles all that for me. I am considering flat bread which should reduce it to "knead it" hopefully.
Hugh Manatee
Veteran
It also removes the dirt from underneath your fingernails.
When that happens I tell the family that the loaf is whole meal.
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Here's a bread maker, @ScotiaLass.
Apparently, he was a finalist in the Great British Bake-Off. Not sure what he costs, though.
Apparently, he was a finalist in the Great British Bake-Off. Not sure what he costs, though.
Spinney
Bimbleur extraordinaire
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- Back up north
I'd prefer a grown-up bread maker....
