I have recently gotten interested in making more foods at home, and bread seems like a good place to start. I wondered if anyone had a bread machine to recommend, or good books/recipes for breads in general.
Does anyone know if you can use a bread machine to make flatbreads too?
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FIL has a nice bread machine and makes bread almost daily (or was up to this past January). He does all kinds of breads including rye, whole grain wheat, etc. I think. They really do turn out good. There are a ton of sites online I think for bread making, but I haven't ever had success with making it (we don't have a machine). The pluses are the breads taste better, have no persatives and you can mix and match different recipes and bread types. My Mom just buys the mixes in the store for the bread machine and hers turns out good. Let us know how your breads turn out and which kinds you make
I have a zojirushi breadmaker I love it but its pricey. It always comes out great. Baking bread is really easy with quick bread recipes if you do it by hand and I think its great recipes for a beginner. Yeast breads are a little trickier due to humidity and other possible issues but it can be done easily once you get use to it.
Here's a search engine for quick bread recipes and they have user reviews and suggestions.
So I'm learning the difference between quick bread and regular bread - quick meaning that you don't have to let it rise, right?
I make killer pumpkin and banana breads. I could just make those in the breadmaker. I never even though of that, I was just thinking of really hearty whole-grain stuff.
And pizza dough.
I think I'm going to do it. I saw reviews for a breadmaker that is middle-of-the-road but gets good reviews as a good, everyday breadmaker. I'm getting really excited now!
Thanks for sharing the info everyone.
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Quick breads in the bread machine tend to come out a bit tough, since they still get pretty heavily mixed, even when the machine has a "quick bread" setting.
I use my machine a lot in the summer when I don't want to heat up the kitchen while making bread. Mine has 2 paddles and makes a "normal" looking loaf of bread, rather than a tall square one.
I like to use it for the dough, too. Many have a dough setting, and I'll go from there and make buns or flatbread or cinnamon rolls or whatever.
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jash i ive never made a 'successful' wheat free bread yet, ive tried wf soda, and normal bread - all a disaster will have to dig out a photo of my wheat free bread for you to see!! will make you laugh!! Normal bread is ok, though
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Very helpful bread info - I didn't know that quick breads could be over-beaten, but that makes sense.
Homemade cinnamon rolls. Not what my PCOS needs, but whoa that sounds AWESOME.
Ajani (or anyone) - have you ever made flatbread? Is that possible? I really want a lovely seeded flatbread...
Thank you again everyone for the discussions. I'm learning a lot!
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Bean flours I like best to work with as part of the flour mix since its a stronger flour and fluffier also although it does have a little bean flavor.
This is a good flour blend- tom sawyer gluten free flour mix. It already has the correct amount of flours along with xantham gum already in the mix with the right amount. This can be used cup for cup in any recipes for baked goods. Although with the recipe above you dont want to use toms as you would have too much xantham gum so if you wanted to exchange it for the toms brand you would eliminate potato starch, cornstarch, garfava flour, gluten free flour, flax seed and xantham gum. Then you would just add 3 cups of the tom sawyer mix.
Regarding the flat bread question, Im not sure I havent tried to make any as I just make regular loaves of bread usually and with banana breads and applesauce breads I just put them in the oven.
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