Breadmakers

This website has some straightforward looking recipes:

www.homemadeloaves.co.uk/

I keep yeast in the freezer, no worries about it being out of date and you can use it straight from the freezer

Looking at that website has reminded me that I have some spelt flour, and that it's time I made a spelt loaf again. I've found it to be a very nice change from my usual bread - flavoursome and satisfying - you feel you've really eaten something serious!

I love my breadmaker (Panasonic). Although I haven't used it much recently as am on the 5:2 diet and therefore I'm trying to avoid bread because I love it so much I could eat the whole loaf .

I've just taken out of the oven some bread and rolls made to the Panasonic "oats and bran" recipe. Had no bran so I substituted more breakfast oats, and I didn't bake it right through in thebreadmaker, but finished it in the fan oven. It smells gorgeous and I can kid myself that it is healthy and "good for me"

I have also in the past made "muesli rolls" which contain some ordinary muesli. Delicious.

Thought I was seeing double, Kat

Both ideas sound delicious Elegran!

Muesli isn't bad - but I can't rid myself of the feeling that it's pet food.

KatGransnet While you are looking at your quote facility(!) could you have a look at your 'lack of search facility'. It's really very primitive and probably the reason why posters inadvertently bring up old topics.Thanks

KatGransnet That's clever!!

Panasonic breadmaker for me too. It's my husband's really as he does all the baking in it. In the last week we've tried olive bread, fruit loaf and malt loaf and yesterday a pecan cake - all done in the breadmaker with fantastic results. Best flour for us is Canadian flour from Waitrose, although we do occasionally buy spelt flour or flour from our local mill.

Mine's a Panasonic too. It has been going strong for twelve years now with almost daily use.

We bought a breadmaker as we have to make all our own bread when grandson comes on holiday. He is severely allergic (life threatening anapylactic shocks) to eggs and some nuts - and although bread does not contain either- it's made in bakeries where eggs and nuts are used - and just a trace can trigger severe shock. So that way we can make own bread everyday - it's great and we now use it for ourselves a couple of times a week.

I have made my own bread for years, I send everyone home with a loaf of bread!
I have an 'Anthony Worrall Thompson' think it might be a Breville breadmaker.
I don't cook the bread in the machine just use the dough setting.
Just Strong Bread flour, white, wholemeal, spelt or whatever you fancy
water, butter, sugar, milk powder, bread improver (Lakeland) and Dove's dried yeast (Lakeland)
I also make Chelsea buns, focaccia, naans, fruit breads etc etc everyone loves my baking, and call before they visit to make sure I have made some for them!