[suziequeue]

I worked out that it costs us about 40p per loaf (including electricity). I usually put one on when I get back from work on Friday evening for the weekend and then slice that up and freeze it on Sunday evening before I leave for work for OH to have it as toast for the rest of the week.



CONFESSION: I never wash the tin…… no consequences yet 

[Herdygirl]

Ok
 
The first one has been eaten!      just doing another one now .
 
I am another usual hand maker, that finds it hard to find a warm place for bread to rise in the winter, so will use this lovely, beautiful machine  >> me stroking my new friend

[cloddopper]

OH bought a bread maker today and we have just had our first taste of warm bread with butter and jam. To die for !! I use to make by hand but now not able to with joint problems in my fingers. As some shop bought bread now has soya which I cannot have we decided on the bread maker. Wonderful.

  Yummy stuff ..watch the waist line grow .

We ended up hiding our bread maker away in the back of the corner of the corner cupboard under the work tops .. we rarely eat bread these days thankfully . But we do eat the odd bagel every now & then ....... you know those with the less fattening centres . 

[Herdygirl]

Clodopper what you like !

[Lesley Silvester]

I probably ought to just eat the centres. 

[Q]

I probably ought to just eat the centres. 

[sabrina]

Well, I have done the white and also the 70% brown which we both love. the fruit loaf is just lovely. I am being good and not eating any more than I used to. Once we found soya in shop bought bread that was the finish as I cannot have soya. I don't find it too dense at all.

[benandjerry]

Fruit loaf is very good as well. 

[Daisys Mum]

Haven't bought bread for a week now    Does anyone have the fruit loaf recipe as I fancy some of that!

[Greenerlife]

Sabrina - one more tip...cut up or photocopy the users manual recipes and laminate them and leave next to the breadmaker!  You'll thank me    My old one was so grubby and torn, so when I bought my new one I learned my lesson.

[Castle Farm]

I bought my OH a Panasonic for her birthday. She has made me a lovely set of tractor weights for my Case 695.

[suziequeue]

I bought my OH a Panasonic for her birthday. She has made me a lovely set of tractor weights for my Case 695.

[benandjerry]

Mixed Fruit Bread:
Large Loaf
Water 1 and 1/8 cup
Skimmed Milk Powder 2 and half tbsp
Butter 2 and half tbsp
sugar 1/4 cup
salt 1 and 1/4 tsp
strong white flour 3 cups
nutmeg 3/4 tsp
dry yeast 1 and 1/4 tsp
mixed fruit 1/2 cup **

Setting, you would have to check your machine instructions for something like 'speciality or cake' bake.
Notes:  **add the mixed fruit approximately 30 minutes into the cycle when the beeper goes off (otherwise the mixed fruit will get completely chopped up)
You may have to make a couple of duffer loafs until you work out the right setting.

Enjoy, warm with butter... yum yum

[Daisys Mum]

Thanks for that, will give it a go this weekend

[benandjerry]

How is everybodies waist lines doing?? Pizza tonight with dough from the bread maker.... yum yum