Bread Maker

[Mrs Mad Ronin]

I have been contemplating it for a while but i have finally decided to invest in a bread maker. So yesterday i went out and picked it up. It's preparing some Gluten Free bread at the moment. I don't think i am going to get perfect bread straight away but the idea of making my own bread and the lovely smell really does appeal

I have even treated myself to a slow cooker/crock pot. Well people keep saying how fab they are so i thought why not.

Anyone got any nice recipes for both machines? 🙂

 

[Pumper_Sue]

I have a Russell Hobbs bread maker and found their white bread recipe not far off of awful so substituted half the white for brown and it works very well. Only problem is the slicing, as a devil to slice by hand.

Edited to add it was the gluten free recipe I was referring to.

 

[Mrs Mad Ronin]

I went with a Russell Hobbs one as well.

 

[Vicsetter]

I use a stand mixer, it's quicker and you don't get a great big hole in the middle of the loaf! My bread mixer is in a plastic bag in the garage.

 

[grovesy]

I find I eat far too much if I make bread !

 

[AlisonM]

Ours is a Panasonic which I hardly ever use because I don't eat much bread. It works well though on the rare occasions I take it for an outing and does a good job on the whole grain I prefer. Only trouble nowadays is my plumbing doesn't 'like' bread very much, it gives me a lot of trouble so I tend to avoid it and stick to pasta or rice for my carb allowance.

 

[KookyCat]

Mine is an old Panasonic and it's great but only makes a small loaf, so I tend to make bread rolls (or muffins as we call then in this neck of the woods). I make spelt, honey sunflower bread. It's a standard wholemeal bread recipe, but instead of sugar I use honey, wholemeal spelt flour instead of bread flour, and I chuck in a cup full of sunflower seeds and flaxseed (ground). The flax and sunflowers make it a bit more complex to digest which helps with blood sugar, the honey is just for flavour, and the spelt because I find I react better to that digestion wise and by happy accident it's also better for my blood sugar (it's a less refined flour than standard wheat flour which may be why). Just recently I've been substituting in buckwheat flour in different quantities, that's not wheat by the way it's a seed so if milled in a sterile environment is gluten free. It works well in combination with spelt (which is low gluten so obviously no good if coeliac) but might work well with a gluten substitute for bread because it's quite dense and wholemeal like. I now feel the need to whip out my bread maker 🙂

 

[miguel81]

The Internet abounds with slow cooker recipes, some US sites call them crock pots but slow cookers is what they are. I love Winter because I can slow cook to my hearts content and the results (usually) freeze very well. Sometimes the recipes are bit hit and miss but after a while you learn to understand what will be, and what maybe, and what definitely won't be, good for you and your taste. I suggest that you browse using the words 'slow cooked' and then add an ingredient of your choice. You will be astounded at what comes up. Good luck.

 

[malturn]

My bread maker is called Ann (the wife) she makes all our bread. She uses a Kenwood chef as she is unable to do the kneading as she is paraplegic and is permanently in a wheelchair. The breads that she makes are all wonderful, some times she uses mixed seeds (sunflower, pumpkin,sesame and linseed) she also uses sundried tomatoes or olives. Whichever type it is it is always wonderful.

 

[soxpatch]

I got a bread maker recently. Made one wholemeal & it ended up being higher in carbs and other things than the usual bread I get!
Then the banana bread I made ended up being 'donated' in it's entirety to my non diabetic sister
House smells lovely when it's baking though.

 

[Annette]

Made a lovely pulled pork in my slowcooker yesterday: Use rolled pork, cut string off, rub in a mix of seasalt/paprika/brown sugar (I used 1 tablespoon of each for 1.6 kg pork), roll back up (don't need to retie), brown all over (in frying pan or in your slowcooker's dish if it is hob-able), put in slowcooker with boiling water to come up 1.5 cm from base. Cook on medium for 6 hours minimum (if yours only has high/low settings, do high for 5 hours or low for 7-8) - can be left as long as you want it. Put under grill (or in a hot oven, if its on) to brown the top. Pull apart with forks into stringy bits like you get with pulled pork. Eat with gusto.

 

[tejbat6]

Andrew James breadmaker, couple of months old.
Has own digital weighing scales.
And a light.
And a wire thingy for removing the paddle if it stays in the loaf.
And an automatic nuts and stuff dispenser.
And the pot is oblong so you get a proper loaf.
Bread(s) texture light as a feather, a pain to slice though, but worth it
Cake(s) bootiful
And, it beats the old russel hobs by a mile
And, even swmbo likes the products

 

[Mrs Mad Ronin]

Well i have mastered a nice wholemeal loaf 🙂 I have a recipe and i stick to it apart from the Salt & Sugar. I reduce those significantly

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Well i have mastered a nice wholemeal loaf 🙂 I have a recipe and i stick to it apart from the Salt & Sugar. I reduce those significantly

Come on spill the beans 🙂

 

[Bessiemay]

I love my Panasonic breadmaker. I've been using it for over 5 years for normal white for OH and various other recipes from instruction book. Nicest normal wholemeal is half wholemeal from Lidle and half seeded wholemeal from sainsb. Also fruit bread, pizza dough, and hot cross buns (last 2 are dough only and make yourself). Lots of others and instruction book is online.

 

[Mrs Mad Ronin]

Come on spill the beans 🙂

I will post it later, i knew i was going to do something 🙂