Best Bread Maker Mixes?

[Part-timah]

Whats yer faves?

 

[a_chap]

Flour, water, yeast, salt + mixing bowl + loaf tin + oven =

No "mixes" or bread making machines required.

 

[Part-timah]

That does look tasty.

I cannae be arsed to knead though. I just want to bung something in the bread maker.

 

[maomao]

Most bread makers only really work with the instruction book recipes and can't be programmed for much else.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

That does look tasty.

I cannae be arsed to knead though. I just want to bung something in the bread maker.

Its years since I've made bread, but I used to knead the dough with a hand mixer with dough hooks. Took the effort out of it and worked perfectly.

 

[Epona]

I use the food processor to knead, normal blade attachment, very slow speed, watch for when the dough forms a ball - works really well



(I should add that using the blade is good for up to around 75% hydration doughs so absolutely fine for your standard loaf types, if making something very high hydration, dough hooks work better with very sticky dough)

 

[Part-timah]

So hungry

 

[a_chap]

Bake some bread then.

 

[pogofish]

Have you tried the various Bread Maker threads? Quite a few excellent mixes have already been posted here.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Have you tried the various Bread Maker threads? Quite a few excellent mixes have already been posted here.

They've all gone stale and mouldy.

 

[Epona]

I made some focaccia by hand tonight, I don't often knead dough by hand because I have arthritis, but it is fun to do sometimes - that satisfying moment when it goes from wet dough stuck on everything and you are thinking "wtf is going on" to all going elastic and coming together - it's a wonderful moment

 

[campanula]

I don't care for bread-makers because I like to make a 'sponge', as well as generous amounts of milk and butter...and I really don't care for the hole in the base...but even so, I can't really see any value in buying a mix (although batter mixes give me more of a WTF moment).

 

[Part-timah]

Spare a thought for civilians. I just made an excellent loaf in the bread maker with a shameful mix. It was/is very tasty.

 

[campanula]

Spare a thought for civilians. I just made an excellent loaf in the bread maker with a shameful mix. It was/is very tasty.

My eldest has a bread machine and makes a dry mix in 10lb batches and just stores it all in Kilner jars The basic mix is very simple and is a nice base for extra seeds, milk powder, cinnamon, caraway, chopped dates and apricot, oats, rye and buckwheat flour...and so on. He often tips a cup of muesli in. It is easy to do this and loads cheaper.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Can't find a better thread.... if I directly substitute granulated sugar with brown sugar in the fruit loaf recipe in the manual, should that work fine?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Can't find a better thread.... if I directly substitute granulated sugar with brown sugar in the fruit loaf recipe in the manual, should that work fine?

Should be fine - it's still sugar. Might change the taste a bit given brown sugar is less refined but probably not a massive difference.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Got two packs of bread mixes that are a bit out of date - will have to bake them as I'm sure the yeast in them will be fine.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Should be fine - it's still sugar. Might change the taste a bit given brown sugar is less refined but probably not a massive difference.

Yeah I was wanting to change the taste but wasn't sure if I could substitute it 1:1, but anyway it's worked out grand!