Bread Maker

Has anyone made the gluten free recipe? If so does it contain soya please?

Another vote for the Panasonic. Everything we've tried just works, except once when the yeast was a bit elderly. The 'sandwich bread' settings are good if you like a slightly denser loaf.

After reading this thread a few weeks ago I decided to look out for a Panasonic on our local buy n sell site,managed to get a 254 for £20.Reckoned not much to lose at that price ?.3 loaves in and delighted,bread is delicious,Yesterday I made a fruit loaf which tasted great but seemed to be just a tad overdone on the outside,anyone came across this?,the programme is a 4 hour one,wondering if it would do any harm to remove from the machine maybe 10 min earlier the next time.Thanks to all for this thread,I now have the best toast ever at night ?

"Yesterday I made a fruit loaf which tasted great but seemed to be just a tad overdone on the outside"
The reason could be that a fruit loaf contains more sugar, which burns easily.

Another thing you could try, if you have the time, is to use the dough programme for fruit loaf and then shape it by hand into rolls or put into a loaf tin and finish off in the oven to bake it. It does mean you have to have the time to do that though. ?

Anniebach I've not used the gluten-free recipe in the Panasonic, but I did look at it, and it tells you to use a packet GF bread mix and do it on the GF setting. I suppose the ingredients depend on what mix you buy.

conversation.which.co.uk/food-drink/gluten-free-bread-recipes-breadmaker/ has a piece about GF bread and some interesting comments from the public about their experiences. (And recipes)

Thank you so much Elegran, a lot of money only to find I can't use one.

But you can use one. Did you read all the comments after that article? People had good ideas and recipes. The bread is at least as good as the bought ones, and if you make rye bread, for instance there is no wheat let alone gluten.

There are always secondhand breadmakers on sale for a lot less than new. People find - surprise surprise! - that you still have to put the ingredients into it, it isn't a magic wand, so they don't use it as much as they expected to.

I had one but, like Gagagran, did not like the hole and wanted to make more shapes and recipes. I used it for years just for kneading but, when it died replaced it with a mixer with a dough hook. I don’t find this any more fiddly, in fact less, than the bread maker.

I don't like the hole either, but of course there's bound to be one for the preparation part Used to make a lovely loaf from recipe that came with breadmaker, with wholemeal flour and honey, yum!!

Thanks Fennel,*Mapleleaf*,will try putting less sugar in than recipe recommends,failing that plan b will be to try removing after the dough programme ?

The west bend bread slicer has been used by us for over 3 years, its durable and easy to use. nelliemoser is also a good choice cause one of my friend is using it. If you are going to get one, many reviews may do you some help.

Hello. I'm a new breadmaker owner. The bread is quite acceptable but needs a little salt. Am I right in thinking that adding more salt will reduce the action of the yeast? Thank you

From what I can remember, you do not want to add salt on top of fresh yeast and leave it for minutes, because then the salt will indeed kill the yeast.
However, I use dried yeast and adding more salt doesn't seem to hinder the rising of the bread.
Why don't you experiment by adding a liitle bit more to your next batch and see what effect it has?

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