A lot of people seem to have these, a thread on them might be useful.
I got a machine and made bread for the first time tonight. (aside from pancakes an hoecakes). Thanks @Haertig ! You talked me into it. What’s the worst that can happen? Gadgets are pretty much bullet proof these days. I started with basic white bread.
A one pound loaf was smaller than I expected. Must have screwed up the yeast somehow. Unless it’s supposed to be this small, don’t know? Tastes fine but a little dry. Seems a little dense too.
I followed the instructions precisely, calculated all measurements to the gram, no substitution of ingredients. Unbleached ap so it isn’t white. It listed unsalted butter, I used Maggie butter (a friends cow). Don’t know if that mattered. It called for room temp water and nonfat dry milk. I could have used maggie milk, probably would taste better.
The machine is simple to operate. One odd thing though… I got unexpected beeps from the machine. The instructions indicated I’d get a series of beeps when it was okay to remove the paddle, if I chose too (optional). This happens just before the baking cycle starts. After all the mixing et al.
It beeped sooner than I expected, the message “Add” was flashing. Add what? All ingredients were added in order during step one. So I left it running… It beeped later with “Paddle” flashing just before baking.
This is it... edible anyway.
I got a machine and made bread for the first time tonight. (aside from pancakes an hoecakes). Thanks @Haertig ! You talked me into it. What’s the worst that can happen? Gadgets are pretty much bullet proof these days. I started with basic white bread.
A one pound loaf was smaller than I expected. Must have screwed up the yeast somehow. Unless it’s supposed to be this small, don’t know? Tastes fine but a little dry. Seems a little dense too.
I followed the instructions precisely, calculated all measurements to the gram, no substitution of ingredients. Unbleached ap so it isn’t white. It listed unsalted butter, I used Maggie butter (a friends cow). Don’t know if that mattered. It called for room temp water and nonfat dry milk. I could have used maggie milk, probably would taste better.
The machine is simple to operate. One odd thing though… I got unexpected beeps from the machine. The instructions indicated I’d get a series of beeps when it was okay to remove the paddle, if I chose too (optional). This happens just before the baking cycle starts. After all the mixing et al.
It beeped sooner than I expected, the message “Add” was flashing. Add what? All ingredients were added in order during step one. So I left it running… It beeped later with “Paddle” flashing just before baking.
This is it... edible anyway.