Club Breadmakers

[elaine.035446tohky]

Saw Severin Breadmaker BM 3990 going for $169. Looks like a good buy. Anyone ha experience with this brand and model ?

[jtoh]

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hmmm, i need some help.


i just bought a kenwood bm, model 260+.
i tried doing the most basic recipe.. but 2 attempts failed..

1) bread never raise at all (what kinda yeast you all bought? and from where? i got instant yeasT?).

2) the kneader got stuck in the loaf of unraised bread.

I don't have a kenwood but I expect all breadmakers to be similar. Instant yeast is fine. Is your yeast expired? Did you add your ingredients in the order specified by your machine? Most bread machines stipulate that you put the wet ingredients first, followed by the dry ingredients, and finally by the yeast. Very impt - the yeast cannot touch the salt, otherwise it won't activate.

The kneading knife does sometimes get stuck in the dough/bread.

[happy to be mum]

need some advice...just bought a Z breadmaker and wondering how i should go about the measurement..


first attempt failed cause bread did not rise then i realized the CD mentioned that the cup given was to use for liquid only. I have used the cup to measure all ingredients...

subsequently i used my kitchen scale and bread did rise but then wondering whether can i just used measuring cup and \"agar agar\"?

thanks in advance for tips and advises..

[jtoh]

I use cup measurements for liquid and dry ingredients when using the Z machine’s recipes. No problems with them rising. Which recipe did you try out? There’s an error in the cheese recipe.

[happy to be mum]

Hi jtoh,


Do u use the cup that was provided for all the measurement?

[jtoh]

You can’t use the cup provided for all measurements bec the recipe calls for 1/3 cup flour etc and that cup can only measure full cups of dry ingredients, not 1/3, 3/4 etc. For those you have to use your own nesting cup measures.

[Canvas]

I realised that I've been spending at least $5 a day buying bread. Maybe it's time for me to join this thread and start making my own bread! If anyone who can share with me some good bread making sites for an amateur baker housewife like me, I will be most grateful! :rahrah: Thanks in advance!

[jtoh]

Hi canvas, do you own a breadmaker or are you planning to knead by hand? Just google, there are lots of bread blogs with good instructions. Alternatively, there are a number of baking books at Popular and Kino.

[Canvas]

jtoh:

Hi canvas, do you own a breadmaker or are you planning to knead by hand? Just google, there are lots of bread blogs with good instructions. Alternatively, there are a number of baking books at Popular and Kino.

I am still thinking if I should get a bread maker especially because I own air fryer/ steamer/ waffle maker/ pancake maker etc etc...and I hardly use them! :oops: But I use my oven very frequently though. I am actually hoping to get some non-knead bread recipes to try out. I know most people use their bm to knead before baking them in oven. What's your opinion about this? Is it really better to use a bm? Appreciate feedbacks! :rahrah:

[jtoh]

BMs make breadmaking very convenient. You just put in all the ingredients, press start, and you'll have a loaf of bread in about 3 hours. As you use your oven a lot, you'll prob prefer to just get something to help you with the kneading. Which the BM can do, or if you have a mixer with a dough hook, that'll do as well. Actually a mixer is more useful bec you can use it to make cakes, make meringues... I haven't tried no-knead breads before but I googled and found this recipe which seems to make really nice-looking no knead bread. http://www.simplysogood.com/2013/03/artisan-no-knead-bread.html