Finally used my bread maker

[Nanto2girls]

Hubby will only let me slice open a bread bun , I am not allowed to touch Uncut loaf he said its wafer thin one end and door step at the other

Ditto......................

[Oma]

Hubby will only let me slice open a bread bun , I am not allowed to touch Uncut loaf he said its wafer thin one end and door step at the other

[Gemini]

Clover that sounds like my kind of slicing! Let us know how the gadget goes, I may get one!

[Clover]

I've just bought a gadget to help me cut even slices of my machine-made loaves. Not tried it yet but anything will be better than my usual, ending up with slices that are the right width at the top end and either tapering away to nothing or doubling their original width!

[Elisi]

Oh gosh reading this makes me want to get the bread machine out and go for it! Trouble is, we both love bread too much, especially home made, and find it really hard to resist 👿😈 So we both put on weight because we're so weak !

I would like to find time to make bread from Spelt flour though, so maybe?.. We find M&S bread brilliant but cannot always get there. Waitrose is 2nd best, but if pushed the on,y bread we will buy is the brown bloomer from Jacksons. The rest are horrible and IMHO don't resemble bread in any form !

[Daisy]

Those of you who make bread, what do you store your home made bread in?!

Gemini - I think you and I are on the same wave length with cooking - not keen, but someone's got to do it. But bread making (by machine) is an absolute must for me. Shop-bought bread now tastes disgusting and full of chemicals! Ugh!!! I would be defending my bread maker just like Aggie would!

For everyday use I make 50% wholemeal (more or less) and usually add some extra bran, seeds - flaxseed, sesame, pumpkin, sunflower, it all seems to work fine. We don't eat much bread but I generally start it off while I'm getting dinner. When I take it out I put it on a cooling rack covered with a clean teacloth until it's cool. Then usually the next morning, I carefully put it into a poly bag without touching it with my fingers. Expel as much air as possible and fasten tightly. I keep it in an ordinary kitchen cupboard and it lasts for days. If I end up with some going a bit too stale I make breadcrumbs and freeze them.

My OH likes the cinnamon and fruit loaf

[Libra Gran]

Keep some in a polythene bag in the bread bin,and freeze the rest.We don't get through a lot of bread.Maybe 4/5 slices a day.

The one thing I use the most is my big mixer,I love it and it gets used a lot.

[aggie]

My sister likes me to make her a loaf , she cuts it in half a freezes one half , I sometimes slice mine and freeze it , very handy for toasting , I just take out what I need , but for everyday use I just store it in my bread cupboard , making sure the cut end is down on a bit of kitchen roll so it stays soft

[aggie]

errrrrrrrrrr mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm not met that problem lol

[Gemini]

Those of you who make bread, what do you store your home made bread in?!

[Nanto2girls]

never had one mine is called the husband Nanto we had a ice cream maker and like all gadgets first few weeks we made loads then like all these things if eventually went under the stairs with all the other gadgets like toastie machine ,sausage maker , waffle maker , etc etc

I use them like mad,when I first get them, but the novelty seems to wear off.

[Gemini]

I bet it is better by hand Libra!
I am not a keen cook at all. Therefore anything which makes things easier, is likely to be used
I love my soup maker (chuck it all in, 22 minutes later beautiful soup is ready) and this is along those lines.
Bread is cooling in the kitchen. Looks and smells OK

[Libra Gran]

We have a bread maker,now gathering dust on top of the kitchen unit It was a Christmas gift to my husband as he was oh so keen to make bread in his retirement.What does he do! make it by hand instead,swears it's better.I made some lovely ciabbatia yesterday and I'm as bad as I did mine by hand even though it was a real faff.

[Oma]

Cranberry and rosemary is lovely Gemini also sun dried tomato, B likes Olive bread im not so fussed on that as i dont like Olives but i know you do

[Gemini]

I want to make our bread, so we know what goes into it, and I also really fancy making some herb loaves, fruit bread etc.