Russell Hobbs 23620 Compact Fast Breadmaker, 660 W, Black

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A bread making machine or bread maker is a home appliance for turning raw ingredients into baked bread. It consists of a bread pan at the bottom with one or more built-in paddles mounted in the center of a small special-purpose oven. This small oven is usually controlled by a simple built-in computer using settings input through its control panel.

After learning how to use my bread machine to make this simple white bread, it’s hard for me to enjoy store-bought white bread anymore! This bread machine recipe makes the perfect loaf for slicing for toast, peanut butter sandwiches, tuna salad sandwiches, tuna melts, BLT’s, or your favorite lunchtime meal. To help you out, we’ve listed the size dimensions of each of our top-scoring bread makers. If you’re after a simple-to-use and clever machine that makes bakery-quality bread, then a bread maker is a great option. What should I look for when buying a bread maker? Where all bread makers will have the standard white and wholemeal settings, as you’ll see with our top-scorers, many of them come with much more. To make the most of your machine look out for bread makers that not only make bread but other items too. Speciality breadFlour: You can use regular all-purpose flour, or American white bread flour to make bread in the bread maker. Bread flour will give you a loaf that is a bit more chewy, since this type of flour has more protein, thus creating more gluten. A delay timer means that ingredients can be added to the mixing bowl hours in advance so you have freshly baked bread the moment you need it. Great if you’d like bread with your dinner, or want to wake up to a fresh loaf. Viewing window High-end bread makers may include settings for sweet breads, rye, spelt, gluten-free breads, pizza dough, cake, jam and pasta. These extra programmes can help you get more use out of your bread maker. Another accessory some machines have is a fork-like paddle for kneading less elastic rye bread. Bread makers have different ways to add ingredients. This may be a pause button so you can add them when you want. Or, a specific time in the programme with an alert.

Set the timer and you can enjoy freshly baked bread at the time of day that suits you, be it first thing in the morning or when you get home from work – there’s no welcome home like the aroma of a freshly baked loaf! Let it work: The bread machine will now take over for you, and knead, proof, and bake your bread dough! A decade later they had become popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. While not viable for commercial use due to the fixed loaf shape and the limited duty cycle, bread machines are very suitable for home use, producing the best results when dealing with kneaded doughs. Larger machines will make bigger loaves but require more space. It’s a good idea to make your bread maker a permanent worktop resident. This is simply because storing it away means you’re less likely to use it regularly. Basic – perfect for when you just want a good old, simple loaf. Add seeds, nuts or anything you fancy, for added taste and texture.

Sandwich – there’ll be no more limp slices of bread holding your sandwich together, as this setting will create the perfect sandwich loaf with a slightly thinner crust than the basic loaf. Most bread makers have different cycles for different kinds of dough. Many also have a timer to allow it to activate without operator attendance. Some high-end models even allow the user to program a custom cycle. During testing it functioned effectively – while being one of the noisier models we tried as it mixed, especially with heavier dough, it produced a well-risen 2lb loaf, which was consistently browned. There were a few traces of flour lumps on the side, and loose flour thrown into the baking chamber but it came out of the pan easily and sliced well. Bake – purely for baking, no kneading or rising, use this setting if your chosen programme has completed and you’d like your loaf to be baked for longer for a crisper or darker loaf. All machines will grow warm on the outside as they bake but some will be hotter than others. How long will each loaf take to make?