Club Breadmakers

[Village Girl]

csc:

some updates


so far I have tried baking basic white bread, honey bread (which tastes wonderful with butter), cheese bread (should have added more cheese). I love the Breadtalk version but have yet to achieve that kind of standard

Have even baked a raisin butter cake ... a little dry when compared to normal oven baked- butter cake...but it goes well with coffee ...

I am going into buns soon ... my kiddos are looking forward to mum's home baked pork floss buns :imcool: Coming soon!

Wow...nice. are you using z breadmachine too?

[csc]

Yup..Village Girl...the Z machine ... a worthwhile investment so far

[pixiedust]

Funz, u have a point. I kept thinking bat the 1hr kneading, timer for 1st rise etc in the bread maker. Plus I kept thinking the cast iron pot can be used over fire…got to read and think again. Meanwhile, I better to exercise my muscles. Hahahaha.

[pixiedust]

LkVm, thanks! I am baking every other day, checked the voltage of the machine and :yikes: will monitor.

[micollh]

sat i bake milk loaf … then while it starts toasting. i throw in two slices of ceddar cheese on top… and woah… to my surprise… it turned out so good… the smell is like cheese bread… heee… maybe next round i should put in shredded cheese while it is kneading? anyone tried that?

[Honey]

I just chance upon this thread. It is an AMAZING thread. I have been contemplating baking my own bread as we eat bread 5- 6 days weekly but I have not the courage to dive into baking my own bread. So love the bread from BreadTalk & afraid that the breads that I bake would not achieve that kind of soft fluffy result. After reading thr the many pages (still at it), I feel I am more empowered to go & get the Z machine & try out … still need more power to go …

[csc]

micollh:

sat i bake milk loaf .. then while it starts toasting. i throw in two slices of ceddar cheese on top.. and woah.. to my surprise.. it turned out so good.. the smell is like cheese bread.. heee.. maybe next round i should put in shredded cheese while it is kneading? anyone tried that?

Yup I tried it last Friday and I added shredded cheese (increase to 1/2 cup) and minced red onion. Wow ...it tasted delicious...my hub was impressed ...with the machine and how much it can do! :imcool:

[micollh]

csc:

micollh:

sat i bake milk loaf .. then while it starts toasting. i throw in two slices of ceddar cheese on top.. and woah.. to my surprise.. it turned out so good.. the smell is like cheese bread.. heee.. maybe next round i should put in shredded cheese while it is kneading? anyone tried that?

Yup I tried it last Friday and I added shredded cheese (increase to 1/2 cup) and minced red onion. Wow ...it tasted delicious...my hub was impressed ...with the machine and how much it can do! :imcool:

u add the yellow onion? sounds good.. maybe i can add too heee.. it's fun to mix and match with ingredients with the machines.. love it

[petegrin]

hello everyone,


Can I join in the fun here? I have longed to get a bread machine long ago, then saw this thread and it's so amazing! I decided to pop over to OG to get the Z machine at the special price!

Tried first time, the basic bread seemed abit heavy and dense although got some fluffiness.

Tried second time, top is much softer now, but bottom still a little dense. Is it flour problem or yeast problem?! :scratchhead:
Also realised I need to get a bread knife too to cut nicely! But overall, it's a good and easy experience making the bread. Must try harder ...

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Can some shifus give some advice how to improve the softness?

[petegrin]

WCW:

petegrin, ur bread looks yummy


u shld try test ur yeast with water to see the freshness, put some yeast in the water. if there is bubbles means it's fresh and ok to use, so might not be yeast prob...
then u have to ask the z machine shifus here

the taste is quite nice, cocoa with raisins

The yeast I used is the instant kind, as that's what I could only find at NTUC. It's a fresh pack, but I dun seem to see got bubbles leh. But my bread did rise, so it means the yeast is not dead right? Is it the amount to put in should be different from the actual recipe?