Bread making machines

Bargain! And what a cracker of a loaf I can envisage it, still warm, with a drizzle of comb honey over it *nom-nom-nom*

 

Or homemade jam - BlackBerry or Cherry are my favourites.

 

Reading this thread and looking at the pics has inspired me to buy some bread flour and yeast I don't have a bread maker, so will be attempting to make it the traditional way.

 

You do realise we will need to see pictures

 

absolutely starving now

 

We wouldn't be without our Panny(Panasonic)and as Mr Kandy likes to measure out the ingredients and press the buttons I just let him get on with it

 

That looks nice @Kandy , does it have other things in it? I can see black bits in the crust

I've just put on a light brown loaf from a book I picked up for 50p at the local hospice shop.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Bread-Machine-Cookbook/dp/1843091844/

 

I've found a recipe which uses olive oil and honey. Pic looks good but wondering if loaf might be too wet. Anyone made this?

 

@luciusmaximus I've not made a loaf with honey & olive oil, but I often make ciabatta bread, that has olive oil in it & that's delicious, it's not wet at all. Let us know how your bread turns out, it sounds delicious

 

Bread making machines ? , I thought this was a mans thread looking at the title , what kind of women are you ?,

Ok on a serious note I make my own bread from time to time I don't use a bread maker all hand made, ive not made any for a while now its getting warmer I will knock a few loafs up TBC .

 

Thank you Raining today, so may have a day of cake and bread making. I'll try and post pics if I do.

 

Made a rather scrummy Cherry and Marzipan cake in the bread machine yesterday

 

Sounds wonderful @"M" - are you going to share the recipe?

 

Indeed! Hang on ....

... this link takes you to the PDF version of the bread machine recipe book that contains the recipe for the Cherry & Marzipan cake. It is on PDF page 20, but "booklet" page 38.

The recipe states to grate the marzipan. I tried that and it was hopeless! Might work if the marzipan was frozen first though Or might work if blitzed in short bursts in a food processor?

 

i almost always substitute the butter in any given recipe for olive oil or macadamia nut oil (far healthier & slightly more convenient to measure out) and the sugar for honey (again healthier and makes for a much yummier loaf imo) the only thing you need alter in the recipe is to allow for the extra liquid from the honey so whatever amount of water the recipe states just put a couple of Tbs less, and job done, tastier healthier bread