One for the 'electronic' bread maker bakers please

[FalconFN]

It is mainly men that are the bakers, you find very few women bakers in the trade.

 

Bread baking even nowadays is a heavy and hard occupation, and yes you do require a strong grip

Don't worry, kw doesn't think butchers and candlestick makers are manly either.

[aris]

Just copy what this guy does

 

http://youtu.be/X7uo6qHKqHE

[figgy]

No wonder it's a mans job.

 

I must be be a master baker by now as I love two handed kneading of two baps at once like that

 

Figgy

[loriusgarrulus]

Think I will stick with the Panasonic now.

[das]

Bought one of these a couple of years, made about 3 loaves, tossed them in the skip followed by the breadmaking thingy.

Waste of time and effort, cheaper and less stressful to buy a loaf!!!

[loriusgarrulus]

Bought one of these a couple of years, made about 3 loaves, tossed them in the skip followed by the breadmaking thingy.

Waste of time and effort, cheaper and less stressful to buy a loaf!!!

RTFM

[felly100]

RTFM

When all else fails, I find the manual "enlightening"!

[Dunkield]

Christ how hard can it be? how do you manage to do difficult things like drives cars?

 

Here is one I made just a few minutes ago, pity you can't smell

 

Real men produce bread like this

 

[kdubya]

Real men produce bread like this

 

na real bread was made by the likes of my nan while the real men were down the pub.

 

KW

[AVB]

Bought one of these a couple of years, made about 3 loaves, tossed them in the skip followed by the breadmaking thingy.

Waste of time and effort, cheaper and less stressful to buy a loaf!!!

I had no success a few years ago. Everything came out more like cake than bread. I tried again recently with different recipies and different ready mixes. Still no luck. Always comes out doughy, brown on the outside but too wet/undercooked on the inside. Tried longer baking time with no success. The skip becons.

[aris]

If you want to make awesome bread, with little effort, try this. Note you need lots of time as the bread proves for 12 hours or more

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html?_r=0

 

Be sure to watch the video

Edited October 28, 2014 by aris

[FalconFN]

It's pretty hard to go wrong with a decent machine. We've had our Panasonic for a few years, it looks a mess now but given the right ingredients it has never failed to its job.

[FalconFN]

If you want to make awesome bread, with little effort, try this. Note you need lots of time as the bread proves for 12 hours or more

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html?_r=0

 

Be sure to watch the video

Good stuff. I will give that a go with the kids.

[aris]

Good stuff. I will give that a go with the kids.

It really works - and because of the long proving time, the bread tastes awesome. You do need a Dutch oven or other heavy caserole with a lid - other than that, basic bread ingredients.

[bakerboy]

No wonder it's a mans job.

 

I must be be a master baker by now as I love two handed kneading of two baps at once like that

 

Figgy

 

It was always good fun learning how to mould with both hands.

The standard joke was to state you can tell the size of the bakers girl friends boobs by the size of dough he could mould.

As a youngster it was the bread roll (fitted in the palm of your hand) later in life is was 4lb of dough (just under 2 kilos) in each hand, then you knew you had arrived.

 

I qualified as a Master Baker, but always had to remind people with an accent, especially a West Country accent to be very careful at how they pronounced "Master Baker" it often made me sound like "City Banker" ,

[Mungler]

From memory:

1.5 tsp yeast

300g wholemeal bread flour

300g white bread flour

2 tsp sugar

25g butter

1.5 tsp salt

430ml tepid water

 

Set to large loaf, medium crust, menu no 4 (5 hours).

This assumes you have the same Panasonic machine as me

 

Good basic recipe. Ignore the hecklers - there's nothing like coming down to fresh bread first thing.

 

The salt is to control the gluten build up, not kill the yeast.

Trial and error, this recipe is first on the list - I'll let you know how I get on.

[Dunkield]

Didn't you get a recipe book with it?

I use the basic loaf recipe from there, and just vary to taste, if it starts to go a bit wonkey donkey just go back to basics.

[Mungler]

Captain beakys recipe has worked a treat.

 

I'll get a photo up.

 

If anything it's risen too much into a monster loaf

 

Awesome

[amateur]

Been in Spain for 3 days, so late coming on to this

 

The 100% reliable recipe that I use in my Kenwood breadmaker is

 

2 tsp salt (into the breadmaker)

2 tbsp set honey (into the breadmaker) -makes the bread chewier

2 eggs and juice of 1 lemon into a measuring jug and top up to 375ml of water (into the breadmaker)

Add 400 gm of Waitrose's very strong Canadian wholemeal flour and 200gm wholemeal spelt flour and spread it out to insulate the yeast from the liquid below. Essential if you are using a delay in the timing to bake overnight.

Add 2 tbsp dried milk and 4 tbsp of virgin olive oil

! sachet of dried yeast - any old supermarket brand.

 

I use the whitebread programme and 3.15 hours later I get a perfect wholemeal loaf.

 

When I started breadmaking, I too got the collapsed loaves, but this recipe and precise weights of ingredients has done the trick.

Edited October 29, 2014 by amateur

[Mungler]

And behold, the 3 steps to Nirvana.

 

Seriously though, that's the nicest loaf I've made and eaten.

 

 

 

[malkiserow]

Mung, if your bread maker is so good, start calling it 'Terry' like mine

[harrycatcat1]

I have never had one of these things so can someone explain/ describe in simple tems what hoops you have to go through to get a loaf out.

Oh and how long does it take?

 

Regards

 

H

[loriusgarrulus]

Lift bread pan out of machine.. Make sure the stirring paddle is fastened in the bottom. Put all the ingredients in. Press a few buttons. A few hours later when it goes beep, take bread pan out tip upside down (preferably wearing oven gloves cause its hot.) tip loaf onto cooling rack. Eat when cool enough to get a knife into it.

Times dependant on recipe. My Panasonic's fastest recipe is 2 hours start to finish, it can be 4 or more depending on what your making. Can be set to come on a timer so you get up to fresh bread in the morning.

Of the three machines I have had over the years the Panasonic is the best for consistent reliable bread.

You can bake cakes in it too using a liner. Or just make dough up to divide into cobs and finish in the oven.

 

You can get bags of ready to cook ingredients which you just add water to. Wrights make some. Aldi also sell them.

Edited October 30, 2014 by loriusgarrulus

[CaptainBeaky]

And behold, the 3 steps to Nirvana.

 

Seriously though, that's the nicest loaf I've made and eaten

Looks good Could maybe do with a slightly darker crust, but that's personal preference...

[harrycatcat1]

Lift bread pan out of machine.. Make sure the stirring paddle is fastened in the bottom. Put all the ingredients in. Press a few buttons. A few hours later when it goes beep, take bread pan out tip upside down (preferably wearing oven gloves cause its hot.) tip loaf onto cooling rack. Eat when cool enough to get a knife into it.

Times dependant on recipe. My Panasonic's fastest recipe is 2 hours start to finish, it can be 4 or more depending on what your making. Can be set to come on a timer so you get up to fresh bread in the morning.

Of the three machines I have had over the years the Panasonic is the best for consistent reliable bread.

You can bake cakes in it too using a liner. Or just make dough up to divide into cobs and finish in the oven.

 

You can get bags of ready to cook ingredients which you just add water to. Wrights make some. Aldi also sell them.

 

Thank you very much for that, I have just been looking on fleebay and there are a few second hand near me so I might just give it a go.

 

Regards

 

H