Bread Makers
I will have to rough it.
Aug 20th 2009, 11:52 pm
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Re: Bread Makers
...and rock cakes!
Aug 20th 2009, 11:57 pm
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Re: Bread Makers
My panasonic makes delicious bread. I usually follow the recipe on the flour packet, because different flours have different absorbtion rates. I imagine the would be the case with overseas produced flour too. If in OZ get a recipe written for the Oz market.
Aug 20th 2009, 11:58 pm
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Re: Bread Makers
ps. make sure you get proper 'strong' breadmaking flour.
Aug 21st 2009, 1:14 am
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Re: Bread Makers
I am watching my breadmaker with very suspect eyes.. I think my breadmaker is just too big for most recipes.. the mixture seems tiny compared with the 2.5lb loaf tin!
Suppose the fact that I open the lid to have a nose at it prob isnt helping!
Em x
Suppose the fact that I open the lid to have a nose at it prob isnt helping!
Em x
Aug 21st 2009, 1:15 am
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Re: Bread Makers
Noooo!!! Don't lift the lid!
Aug 21st 2009, 1:28 am
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Re: Bread Makers
3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup lukewarm milk
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons yeast
Put into the pan in the proper order...Milk, salt, flour, sugar, yeast. Put your machine on the dough cycle and when it's done mixing take it out of the pan. Place in a lightly oiled bowl and cover. Let it rise for about an hour. Punch down the dough, knead for 5 minutes, roll into a rectangle and then roll up like a jelly roll. Place into a bread pan with the seam side down and let rise again for 30 minutes before putting into a pre-heated 190 oven. Bake about 20-25 minutes or until nicely browned. You know it's done when the bread sounds hollow if you tap on the top. For a soft crust brush the top with a little butter while it's still hot. Cool loaves out of the pans on a wire rack as soon as you take it out of the oven.
You can tweak the recipe to add different flavours. Sometimes I'll add cinnamon and raisins and more brown sugar when I do the jelly roll thing so it's sweet. My husband loves one I make with grated parmesan cheese and finely chopped chili peppers. Experiment - flour and water are relatively cheap, so if it doesn't work don't sweat chucking it out.
Flour (whatever mix you like), Water (I use beer as it feeds the yeast), salt...it tastes bland without a little salt, Yeast (dried fast acting yeast is fine).
I also add a little bran, for texture and olive oil, for taste.
Mix together to form a stiffish dough.....knead for up to 10 minutes...put in a greased bread tin and wait for it to rise (about 1.5 hours) and bake in the oven at 230.0c for 15 minutes then reduce to 210.0c for 15 minutes.
Allow to cool ....then eat.
G
I also add a little bran, for texture and olive oil, for taste.
Mix together to form a stiffish dough.....knead for up to 10 minutes...put in a greased bread tin and wait for it to rise (about 1.5 hours) and bake in the oven at 230.0c for 15 minutes then reduce to 210.0c for 15 minutes.
Allow to cool ....then eat.
G
I can't wait for our lemon tree to actually have lemons. The OH's favourite is lemon meringue pie.
Aug 21st 2009, 1:33 am
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Re: Bread Makers
Was sort of hoping to go for more quality than quantity ie stop using supermarket and limit ourselves to what we make ourselves.
Perhaps it might also help that we control what goes into the bread? or is that being too naive on this bread making journey?
Has anyone tried making giant muffins? A french friend claims to do this but secretly I think he goes up to the local bakery before we wake up
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Perhaps it might also help that we control what goes into the bread? or is that being too naive on this bread making journey?
Has anyone tried making giant muffins? A french friend claims to do this but secretly I think he goes up to the local bakery before we wake up
.we've just given ours away when we sold our house. I am not sure of the make but I can say that it was brilliant and ours had a quick bake (1hr) which was fine and we used it a lot. The advantage is that you know what's in the mix and I got a strange sort of pride in knowing that I'd made it - well, the machine but I put the ingredients in.
Happy baking
Cooler
Aug 21st 2009, 1:37 am
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Re: Bread Makers
Just so long as the wet and dry are seperated. And never, never put salt and yeast together. Salt kills yeast. Sugar goes with yeast as it feeds it and helps your bread rise higher.
