Great range of breads to try
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Having now eBayed my way through most of the under-stairs cupboard, I was able to dig out our bread maker today for the first time in several years. One of the things we most enjoyed about our caravan tour was getting fresh bread from local bakers, but not every campsite had the same quality of loaf so we had thought to try baking our own again once we got home. Our reasoning went that if we could make our own small loaves that would taste good and last at least a couple of days, then taking the bread maker with us would be worth the space/weight on our next expedition. We normally paid a set amount per night for electric hookup, regardless of usage, so we might as well make the most of the money spent!
There are a few recipes in the instruction leaflet for our Morphy Richards Breadmaker …
Having now eBayed my way through most of the under-stairs cupboard, I was able to dig out our bread maker today for the first time in several years. One of the things we most enjoyed about our caravan tour was getting fresh bread from local bakers, but not every campsite had the same quality of loaf so we had thought to try baking our own again once we got home. Our reasoning went that if we could make our own small loaves that would taste good and last at least a couple of days, then taking the bread maker with us would be worth the space/weight on our next expedition. We normally paid a set amount per night for electric hookup, regardless of usage, so we might as well make the most of the money spent!
There are a few recipes in the instruction leaflet for our Morphy Richards Breadmaker but I remembered when I had my bread making phase previously, these weren't great and I normally just used the machine to mix a dough, then kneaded and baked it separately - far more labour intensive! Fortunately, we kept a great little book that Mum had found for Dave: One Hundred Bread Machine Recipes by Vicki Smallwood. As well as many different loaves and breads - naan, cheese, pizza dough - the book also has recipes for hot cross buns, muffins, croissants, Dave's favourite pain au raisins, and things I've never even heard of before - lamachun, pissaladiere, grissini. Plus one Grandma often spoke of: Lardy Cake.
So there's plenty of experimentation opportunities ahead, but for today I kept it simple and made a loaf of wholemeal bread. I set the bread maker for a 2lb loaf with a dark crust on the wholemeal setting and left it to do its thing for 3 hours and 40 minutes. At the end, out popped delicious bread!