[noshed]

Well I've bought one - and it's great. Lovely bread at last and it suits a lazy cook. Bread rolls too.

[digital_biscuit]

Bread machines ROCK!!! Will post up my fruit loaf recipe when i get home this evening for you! Its awesome!!

[Jen]

best thing since sliced bread aren't they

just think of all the lovely flavored bread you can make,
our fav. are cheese and onion, and sun ripe tom

Jen  :flower:

[digital_biscuit]

jen, post your recipes would you! I only ever make white and fruit loafs, i need to experiment

[Beetroot queen]

Can someone post which makes you would recommend, its on my Christmas list along with the super duper chicken house I found last weekend, Looking at the price of the house I am more likely to get a bread maker.

He has to beat last year and I was thrilled last year when I got my pink hoover called Hetty  

[Ice]

I've got a Kenwood Rapid-Bake and it's great.  I found that I had several failures at first.  They were more like house bricks. :roll:  But it's great now and I can experiment without fear of failure.

[Sadgit]

I've had a bread maker since I was born... that are my hands!!!

[digital_biscuit]

I have a Kenwood Rapid Bake too, no probs what-so-ever!

[Jen]

jen, post your recipes would you! I only ever make white and fruit loafs, i need to experiment

hi d-b,  it's the basic loaf plus 1-2oz sun dried toms added at the
 beeping time.
for the cheese & onion, again basic white with half an onion chopped
very fine, i put it in micro to soften, and 1and half oz parmesan cheese
again added at the beep.
another one is half white flour and half whole-meal with grains then i add a hand-ful of sunflower seeds and a smaller amount of linseed.
they say bread making has to be exact but thats not me....they turn out ok tho!!!
my machine is a morphy richards

Jen  :flower:

[agapanthus]

I've had a bread maker since I was born... that are my hands!!!

I'm with you Sadgit!!!!! Can't take to the machines at all!

[Poolfield2]

I like machines for day to day bread but when time permits I like to make bread by hand. I am currently exploring a book called "The handmade Loaf" by Dan Lepard which has some fantastic recipes, OH is enjoying testing the results. I'm trying to find breads that I can eat, therefore wheat free and am trying to perfect a rye bread that I like rather than tolerate.

[Riala]

My Breadmaker is my pride and joy, I just wish more people sold the mix!

My favourite is cheese and onion, my partners fave is good old White Loaf.

I was going to try some bread rolls, where you get the Bread Maker to make your dough then you bake them in the oven! At least that way I can make small ones for my little 'un and BIG ones for OH!!

[Sadgit]

I am currently exploring a book called "The handmade Loaf" by Dan Lepard

Might be because it is 5:55am but I read that as "by Def Leopard"

grrrrr now I cannot get the words "pour some sugar on meeeeeee" out of my head

[noshed]

Mine's a Panasonic 255. I made a medium white with dark crust overnight - even though I put it in when I came in from the pub. Took a while to set the timer though...

[Novice but totally hooked]

My husband is the bread maker in our house and he loves his breadmaker.  

He's designed his own recipe for Cranberry and Rosemary bread which is wonderful - especially with soup in the winter and at Christmas.

Have a go at making it:-

One cup of cranberries, halved or quartered (fresh better than dried, but if they have to be dried avoid sugary ones!)
1 cup of cranberry juice
2.5 tablespoons of olive oil (or other oil or butter)
1.25 teaspoons of salt
2.25 tablespoons of sugar
2.5 tablespoons of skimmed milk powder – optional
2 teaspoons of dried rosemary (or fresh, if you have it!)
3 cups of strong white bread flour
1.25 teaspoons of dried yeast

Makes a 1.5lb loaf - follow instructions on your breadmaker