Just for the record
I love my bread-maker and use it all the time. Saves a fortune, as it costs approx. 10p to bake a loaf that would cost £1 in the shops. Nicer, too.
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 13:49, 5 replies)

ok
how the hell do you manage it? i've got a bread maker and a book of recipes and every loaf i've tried (all two of them) turn out really dense and flavorless. i follow the recipes exactly (about the order to place the ingredients in and the little hole you dig in the middle for i think the egg but it's been a while) and it still tastes cruddy and i have to make my bread by hand. how do you do it????
(fai is rocking khaz modan server as of, Sat 2 Oct 2010, 0:36, closed)

You're adding egg
That's where you're going wrong.
You're meant to be making bread, not a cake.
( Ghoti Fingers, Sat 2 Oct 2010, 10:02, closed)

Well, *she's* making cake
when she should be making bread.

I worked mine out as 3p a loaf for electricity, but I've not counted the cost of ingredients...

Actually, I'm going to go make a ginger cake in mine right now. And it won't be like bread!
( Fronds are waving gently on, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 0:48, closed)

Slowest ninja-edit ever?
Now edited.
( Ghoti Fingers, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 22:12, closed)

Re. bread making
Ignore the bollocks recipes that you get with the device. Bread does not contain egg or milk powder.

Simply use normal bread recipes (plenty on the internet).

I use approx 3 cups flour with about half a cup water, a glug of olive oil, a tablespoon of sugar, a teaspoon of salt and a sachet (7 g) of yeast. When it is mixing, if it looks too dry, dribble in more water.
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 19:04, closed)