Bread Maker.

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Below is the recipe from the book but we switched the water and milk powder for 1 1/8 cups skimmed milk.

Water - 1 1/8 cups
skimmed milk powder - 2 1/2 tbsp
Butter - 2 1/2 tbsp
sugar - 2 1/4 tbsp
Salt - 1 1/4 tsp
white flour - 3 cups
dry yeast - 1 1/4 tsp

Thanks @Chippy_Tea
But WHY do they feel the need to put sugar in bread… FFS…

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Thanks @Chippy_Tea
But WHY do they feel the need to put sugar in bread… FFS…

is that a serious question tetb?

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Clearly so the yeast can eat it and help it rise lol

 

[jof]

Yes. Paddle stays in the bread usually, which is why I only ever just make the dough, then remove & cook in the oven.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Yes. Paddle stays in the bread usually, which is why I only ever just make the dough, then remove & cook in the oven.

picture of my low carb bread, done in the way you describe.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Do bread makers still leave a paddle shaped hole in the middle of the loaf?

Mine was in the end

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

is that a serious question tetb?

Absolutely it is, @Tess Tickle - fast action yeast has absolutely no need of it, and the quicker the bread rises the less flavour it will have.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Absolutely it is, @Tess Tickle - fast action yeast has absolutely no need of it, and the quicker the bread rises the less flavour it will have.

The proof of the pudding as they say. Up to the individual to experiment.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

SWMBO is going to try the recipe in the book then we are going to try no milk powder and see if we can spot the difference.

I like the sound of peanut butter bread and i will also give the cheese and onion bread a try.

 

[Eskdale]

I didn't think people used bread makers any more, the Op shops seems to be full of them.

Thanks @Chippy_Tea
But WHY do they feel the need to put sugar in bread… FFS…

Sugar helps the crust form according to your own Paul Hollywood He puts sugar in his bread, good enough for him it's good enough for me.
11/2 teaspoons / 500g

 

[HSD]

Been using Panasonic for about 20, this book has proved excellent:

Annette Yates/Fresh Bread in the Morning

I don’t add sugar, only put milk in the soft white milk

 

[soupdragon]

Only been making bread for a couple of years. I have mixed the ingredients by hand a good few times, was very satisfying but the machine does a good enough job. The biggest improvement in my loaf was when I bought a cast iron bread pan to bake in the oven, was a game changer. Much more repeatable bake plus you can experiment with the baking time and temp.

Cheers Tom

 

[foxy]

I put sugar in my bread with an equal amount of salt, also 15 ml of vinegar, some suggest it helps the life of bread, which it would, but I think it is more to do with pH. (That is in 1kg of flour)

 

[Eskdale]

I put sugar in my bread with an equal amount of salt, also 15 ml of vinegar, some suggest it helps the life of bread, which it would, but I think it is more to do with pH. (That is in 1kg of flour)

Never thought about putting vinegar in bread dough. Going to give it a go after Googling it.

Emma

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I didn't think people used bread makers any more, the Op shops seems to be full of them.

Parents were having a clear out so I thought I would give it a try.

 

[Eskdale]

Parents were having a clear out so I thought I would give it a try.

Can you still get bread mixes for the machines. The supermarkets used to carry them but I haven't seen them for a while. I liked the Potato Bread mix my mum used to get.

 

[Crappyfish]

First time bread making today but fell at the first hurdle, we didn't have dried milk powder so searched and found a few threads saying you can substitute the water for skimmed milk, could members who have used one tell me if this is the case or is the first loaf going to be a disaster?

Breads made from flour water and yeast as long as you have these it's fine

 

[Crappyfish]

I didn't think people used bread makers any more, the Op shops seems to be full of them.

Sugar helps the crust form according to your own Paul Hollywood He puts sugar in his bread, good enough for him it's good enough for me.
11/2 teaspoons / 500g

Yeah and he still kneads his dough lol

 

[HSD]

I put sugar in my bread with an equal amount of salt, also 15 ml of vinegar, some suggest it helps the life of bread, which it would, but I think it is more to do with pH. (That is in 1kg of flour)

I remember my Mum used to put tsp cider vinegar in her hand made bread and it always used to rise very well, when we first had a bread machine I tried it and made a right mess as the dough came over the top of the pan and down onto the element! I’d forgotten will have to add when next make some Scot’s rolls dough to safely bake in oven.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Yeah and he still kneads his dough lol

Paul Hollywood is good, but I went off him a bit when I heard that during the filming an episode of him “making a loaf” at a local mill, his food tech did all the work and he only came in when they wanted his hands in shot. Ho hum.