Bread Maker

I have a panasonic bread maker. After several years of having a Morphy Richards.
I tried some bread made by a friends Panasonic and never looked back.
We bought ours on ebay, so we weren't spending money on something which might not have been worth it.
The result from the Panasonic was really good.

The wholemeal bread takes 5hrs but during that time the yeast and flour have time to develop a superb flavour which we never got from the quick bread in our Morphy Richards .

I have Cuisinart CBK-100 bread maker. It's performance, durability, and ease of use is being excellent, also ease to operate. I got a great help from this link while buying my device. If you want you can check it out: foodgear.org/best-bread-maker-reviews/.

I have a Panasonic too. Lovely bread, cakes, dough etc. Don't use it much now though as I don't eat bread

We have a bread maker hubby uses it every other day to bake bread. It's lovely getting up to the smell of freshly baked bread.
You don't need to knead the dough, hubby puts everything in and it does it all for you. We have a Panasonic,
You could freeze the bread if a large loaf is too much.

Yes it does. You can either put in all the ingredients, according to the little recipe book that comes with it, and set it to the gluten free programme which bakes the bread in the machine or use the same ingredients and set it to the dough cycle. When it bleeps you can spoon the dough (no extra kneading required) into a bread tin and bake it in the oven.

The Panasonic mentioned upthread is a superior machine and I bought one years ago when I was making bread for a family. When it conked out I bought this cheaper one.

I have tweaked the recipe they give you for GF bread though.

Thank you, merlotgran, does the dough bake in the machine as well as knead?

Hi,
I have a Panasonic model. You are able to select from 3 sizes of loaf, medium, large and x large. There is a gluten free option, plus many others and there is the choice of setting the machine to knead and bake or just to make dough. There is also a nut/raisin dispenser and a timer facility.
I really love it and it gets a lot of use. This my second machine in 15 years. Would highly recommend. The footprint is quite neat, too.

I'll watch this thread with interest. The bread pan in my current bread maker has a leak. I cannot get a replacement as my machine is donkey's years old and no longer in available. I'm looking for a new one but the choice is huge and mind boggling. Merlot's suggestion looks good to me.

I also have a Panasonic breadbasket, about 7 years old now, and I love it. It's my 3rd breadbasket; the previous ones were Prima and Breville and the Panasonic leaves them standing in terms of performance and eating quality of the bread.

I have an older version of the Panasonic breadmaker. It's excellent. It makes loaves in three sizes. You can also bake cakes in it.

The hole in the bottom doesn't worry me, though I suppose the paddle could be removed at the appropriate in the cycle, if you didn't mind fishing around in the dough for it.

I had one and couldn't get used to the hole in the bottom of the loaf left by the paddle so I gave it to my DD. She uses it for pizza dough.

Are there any which don't leave a hole in the base of the loaf?

I bought one years ago, due to arthritic hands. I love it. I used an Aldi multigrain bread mix the other night (I keep as stash of mixes or make from scratch), as I wasn't feeling too great and couldn't face going to the shops. It was absolutely delicious.
However, it's starting to get a wee bit temperamental, so I too would welcome advice on a best buy.

My sister has one. She often just uses a packet mix. Pours it in before bed, and wakes up to freshly baked bread.

www.argos.co.uk/product/5569106

I have this one, anniebach. It has a gluten free programme and is plenty big enough for the two of us.

Very easy to use.