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js
Citizen
Username: Js33
Post Number: 176
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 4:03 pm: |     |
we rcvd a bread maker as a gift about 7 years ago & used it quite a bit in the beginning. we haven't in a while & would like to. i haven't seen those SUPER EASY packets that you just dump into the bread maker & 4 hrs later, you have a loaf of bread. do they still make them? |
Robert Little
Citizen
Username: Boblittle
Post Number: 298
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 6:59 pm: | |
They're near flour at the supermarket and at Williams-Sonoma, etc. They're more expensive than buying bread. |
Amie Brockway-Metcalf
Citizen
Username: Amie
Post Number: 480
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 9:17 am: | |
They have them in the King Arthur catalog, but they really are more expensive than buying bread. They've got some at Whole Foods as well.
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/ |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1176
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 9:20 am: | |
Williams-Sonoma has incredible bread mixes. I haven't bought them in a while (I haven't used my breadmaker as much as I used to either), but I'm sure they still sell them. |
js
Citizen
Username: Js33
Post Number: 177
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 2:58 pm: | |
ok, so i bought a couple at williams-sonoma. it doesn't say just dump it in your breadmaker (like i hoped & like i was used to.) i'm the FARTHEST thing from a baker. the directions tell you to mix all ingredients in bowl & then put in pan to bake. how long does that mean i put it in the breadmaker for? |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1179
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 3:36 pm: | |
I think what I did was chose the medium setting on the breadmaker and that automatically sets how much time it goes for (I figured medium was the safest bet). The other thing is that I did whatever my breadmaker manual advised about the order in which you put liquids and solids into the breadmaker (I didn't mix anything in a bowl first) -- one goes before the other, but I can't remember which now. I think you put it's solids then liquids then yeast on top, but I can't remember off hand. I can look when I get home if you need... |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11931
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 4:29 pm: | |
If you can measure ingredients accurately, you can make good white bread.
3c flour
1-1/4c water
1t salt
1T butter
1T sugar
1t yeast
One slight improvement is to put an egg in the measuring cup before you put the water in. Then fill the cup with water until the liquid level reaches 1-1/4 cups.
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js
Citizen
Username: Js33
Post Number: 178
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 4:44 pm: | |
thanks everyone! LilLB, if you had the time tonight to check, i would be forever greatful! if you don't, don't sweat it! - again, thanks so much! |
Angstrom
Citizen
Username: Angstrom
Post Number: 6
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 4:46 pm: | |
tom, you can't give a recipe without saying how long to bake it :-) |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11934
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 4:53 pm: | |
My assumption is that you'd let the bread machine handle the times. But this is what my previous bread machine did on a medium cycle. I don't know what my current machine does.
20 minutes kneading
1 hour rise
2 minutes kneading (for punchdown)
40 minutes rise (not sure about this time)
50 minutes baking
Or something like that.
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LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1182
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 8:45 am: | |
I checked - the order to put things into the bread maker is solid (the mix) then the liquids then yeast (some breadmakers have a separate yeast compartment but mine doesn't). |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11946
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 11:00 am: | |
That's what the instructions say, but I have experimented and found that it makes no difference!
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