Breadmaker - which ones are worth buying?

[farmerbarleymow]

Yeah, they're huge! My house is so cold that I have to prove bread in the oven, so a bread maker would make life easier, but I don't have the space.

This one has a 31x21.5cm footprint

Lakeland White Compact Loaf Bread Maker 1lb

Wake up to a fresh 1lb loaf daily! The Lakeland Compact Bread Maker machine has 11 easy-to-use settings incl including gluten free, French and wholemeal.

www.lakeland.co.uk

The one I bought has 39.9x24.8cm footprint so a bit smaller. I guess they can only be so small given what they do.

 

[alex_]

This one has a 31x21.5cm footprint

Lakeland White Compact Loaf Bread Maker 1lb

Wake up to a fresh 1lb loaf daily! The Lakeland Compact Bread Maker machine has 11 easy-to-use settings incl including gluten free, French and wholemeal.

www.lakeland.co.uk

The one I bought has 39.9x24.8cm footprint so a bit smaller.

mother in law has one - it makes a tiny loaf

 

[Crispy]

They can live anywhere, mind. The bucket comes out, you take it to the kitchen, fill it up, walk it back. Ours lives in the utility room, but it could happily go under the stairs or in the lounge (if you don't mind the smell of baking bread in your lounge!)

 

[gentlegreen]

I've got 1kg of fermipan yeast so that'll keep me going for ages given how little is needed per loaf.

It may be a mark of covid... a locked-down colleague accidentally ended up with 5 KILOS of Fermipan

I'm ashamed to say I used to use a whole sachet of yeast however much flour I used
So back in the summer all I could find was a 500g can of French stuff - initially annoying because you have to mix it with body-temperature water and gee it up, but ironically I now use half as much because I weigh it - 1g per 100g of flour and I make an effort to swirl in some flour ... doubtless assuming I ever get to move house, I may even start making sour dough

The can should last me the full two years through careful decanting through a very small hole ...

 

[platinumsage]

I prefer the Fermipan to the sachets as I find it gives a more consistent and gentle rise. Sometimes sachet bread would rise too much and be full of bubbles.

I bought 500g of Fermipan when lockdown started and keep it tightly sealed in the freezer. To use I mix with a couple of teaspoons of flour and about 40ml of water.

 

[gentlegreen]

I actually have a bag of vitamin C I bought on Ebay on a whim to de-chlorinate water for plants, but I'm too nervous to use it ... in any case at the moment I'm using slightly less than wholemeal flour and it rises easily ...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I bought 500g of Fermipan when lockdown started and keep it tightly sealed in the freezer.

Haven't got freezer room at the moment so it's living in the fridge in a kilner jar.

 

[Rebelda]

I bought I second hand Panasonic for 30 quid yesterday. Have just put it on, after a bit of shouting at the controls

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I bought I second hand Panasonic for 30 quid yesterday. Have just put it on, after a bit of shouting at the controls

Where did you find it?

 

[Rebelda]

Where did you find it?

Facebook marketplace.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Facebook marketplace.

Thanks. I'll keep an eye out. Had a look on ebay, but certainly no bargains.