Guest guest Posted November 13, 2001 Report Share Posted November 13, 2001 >Yes Kate, my PIL bought us a breadmaker about a year ago and I don't think >we've bought one loaf of bread from a shop since! It's lovely - makes >wonderful bread >Hannah That's what I hoped you'd say.I've looked in Argos catalogue and some are programmable-does that mean you can set them to come on while your in bed and wake up to freshly baked bread? Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2001 Report Share Posted November 13, 2001 Yes, mine can be set up to 13 hours in advance, so you wake up to that smell wafting up the stairs! It will also do a rapid loaf in 1 hour 55 minutes, but I always find this comes out a bit heavy, so mainly use the four hour standard setting. A friend came to lunch today so I set the thing at about 8am and had a lovely warm loaf at lunch time (no, we did not eat the whole thing in one go!). I try to set it so that I'm not going to use it straightaway as it is *so* soft when straight out that it's difficult to cut. It's best if it's sat for half an hour or so. Hannah Re: breadmakers >Yes Kate, my PIL bought us a breadmaker about a year ago and I don't think >we've bought one loaf of bread from a shop since! It's lovely - makes >wonderful bread >Hannah That's what I hoped you'd say.I've looked in Argos catalogue and some are programmable-does that mean you can set them to come on while your in bed and wake up to freshly baked bread? Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2001 Report Share Posted November 13, 2001 >That's what I hoped you'd say.I've looked in Argos catalogue and some are >programmable-does that mean you can set them to come on while your in > bed and wake up to freshly baked bread? I've got the Panasonic SD 206. It goes through stages of being used every day and not being used for months. We haven't used it since we got back from Oz (in mid-Aug) but I only got around to buying flour, skimmed milk powder, yeast, etc again last week. It's easy once you do get into the habit. And yes, I used to put mine on most nights and get up to the smell in the morning. Trouble is the bread is so delicious you can't help but eat a whole loaf in one day.... mmmm. ;-)) I've used it when we've had people round for dinner too, to make rolls. It has a dough setting and once the dough is ready you can shape your own rolls etc. adding whatever seeds or flavourings you like. -- Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2001 Report Share Posted November 13, 2001 I make bread (Sabbath loaves called Challos) every couple of weeks from scratch. I can see the advantage of a breadmaker is that you can set it and it does it while you sleep. I have to be very much on call when I make bread, and if I time it wrong, ie they come out of the oven just when I want to go to bed, I have the dillema of " do I let them cool overnight and risk them getting a bit stale, or do I wait up till they're cool enough to wrap? " OTOH a breadmaker only makes a small amount of bread at one time. I usually use six pounds of flour, and make at least ten loaves at once. Ruthie > Yes, mine can be set up to 13 hours in advance, so you wake up to that smell > wafting up the stairs! It will also do a rapid loaf in 1 hour 55 minutes, > but I always find this comes out a bit heavy, so mainly use the four hour > standard setting. A friend came to lunch today so I set the thing at about > 8am and had a lovely warm loaf at lunch time (no, we did not eat the whole > thing in one go!). I try to set it so that I'm not going to use it > straightaway as it is *so* soft when straight out that it's difficult to > cut. It's best if it's sat for half an hour or so. > > Hannah > Re: breadmakers > > > >Yes Kate, my PIL bought us a breadmaker about a year ago and I don't > think > >we've bought one loaf of bread from a shop since! It's lovely - makes > >wonderful bread > >Hannah > > That's what I hoped you'd say.I've looked in Argos catalogue and some are > programmable-does that mean you can set them to come on while your in > bed and wake up to freshly baked bread? > Kate > > > > [Non-text portions of this message h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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