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Rob wrote: "On bbc 2 monday 8.30 is Paul Hollywood all about bread. Might be worth watching."

And they say that Rock n roll is dead! :)

I'm lucky, because where I live, if you take a night time walk past the bakery, you can breathe in that lovely smell of fresh bread. Can a bread maker do that? :)

Yes. When the bread is nearly done you have that lovely fresh bread smell.

When the bread is baking it is torture. Just about to start one.

The only thing the shop bought bread had going for it when I was young was the re-usable waxed wrapper for sandwiches. Oh and it was delivered by a really lovely lad who later became Alvin Stardust ;0)

Banana bread smells like heaven when it is baking

Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "Banana bread smells like heaven when it is baking"

I had forgotten about banana bread. It must be one of the best things ever - got to make some of that now...

Don't forget the tv program tonight. bbc 2 monday 8.30

i used to make banana bread and carrot cake in my machine all the time.

Patti (It's a grape life) wrote: "i used to make banana bread and carrot cake in my machine all the time."

Have you a recipe?

Just been searching via Yahoo and the BBC has a politically correct 'Fairtrade' banana bread recipe with a vital last instruction in the recipe: 'Slice before serving'.

And I was going to put the whole thing in my mouth!

Rob wrote: "Just been searching via Yahoo and the BBC has a politically correct 'Fairtrade' banana bread recipe with a vital last instruction in the recipe: 'Slice before serving'.

And I was going to put the ..."

Good job they said that Rob. You could have choked!

do what my cat did to a loaf cake the other day and dig into it with your claws so you end up with a massive pile of crumbs on the carpet.

Cheese and tomato in, and spicy fruit to follow when the first comes out. Yay! Only trouble is we are eating too much bread!

Fruit loaf is YUMMY!

Has anybody tried alcohol in their bread? I don't mean at a level equal to a session in the pub, but rather as a flavouring in small amounts. Does it work?

My granny used to have an amazing recipe for beer bread

R.M.F wrote: "Has anybody tried alcohol in their bread? I don't mean at a level equal to a session in the pub, but rather as a flavouring in small amounts. Does it work?"

If you watched Paul Hollywood last night you would have seen he made a bread with ale - very nice it looked too (as did all the breads he made). I'll be watching the following ones too.
Worth a look on iplayer if you missed it.

Rob wrote: "R.M.F wrote: "Has anybody tried alcohol in their bread? I don't mean at a level equal to a session in the pub, but rather as a flavouring in small amounts. Does it work?"

If you watched Paul Holly..."

I was thinking more of a French style, cheese and wine bread, but yeah, I may have a look at that show.

i think i posted the recipes ages ago in the recipe thread.
try do a search for the posts. id search for you but can't from my phone.

For beer bread, Patti?

no banana bread and carrot cake. silly.

I had banana beer once. It wasn't very nice.

I'm not surprised.

Carrot cake for bread machine

I have taken out the walnuts (50g) and sultanas (100g). I also think it was abit sweet so I use less sugar but this is what it asks for:

Water (tepid) 2 tbsp
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Eggs, (beaten) 2
Pale Soft Brown Sugar 175g
Grated Carrots 200g
Ground Nutmeg 1/2 tsp
Ground Cinammon 1 tsp
Wholemeal Self Raising Flour 220g
(I used 2 tsp of baking powder as my flour wasn't self raising)

Method:
Add the Water, Oil, Eggs, Sugar, Carrots, Nutmeg, Cinnamon and Flour to the tin.

Place the tin back in the machine and set program to 'cake'

Set the crust colour to your preference

Press start

After 10 mins, check there is no flour left unmixed at the edges, if there is, scrape into the mix with a plastic spatula.

When ready remove tin from the machine and leave to cool for 10 mins. Then run a spatula around the edge of the cake to loosen and turn out onto a wire rack. Allow to cool for 30-40 mins.

(I mix all the stuff in a bowl first, then dumped in the tin and added the flour, baking powder and spices as I do for the banana bread then mix roughly

Here's banana bread for the bread machine...


Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients

3 or 4 ripe bananas
2 tbsp oil
3 eggs
30 ml milk (I use soya milk, of course)
120g brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
100g chopped walnuts (I omit them)
220g plain white flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Mash bananas. Add the beaten eggs. oil and milk to bananas and mix well. Add the brown sugar and salt and mix again.
Dump into the bread tin.
Add the flour, baking powder and cinnamon on top of the wet mixture.
I use a spatula to roughly mix the flour in at this point as sometimes the machine doesn't do it so well.
Put the tin in the machine and set it to 'cake' or 'quick'. Crust setting to 'light'.
I give it a few minutes then check that all the flour has mixed in well

Ta da!

thanks Jud!

Thanks! Copy pasting it to a doc...

I've 7 ripe bananas all ready for this. I'll give it a go in the morning.

I'll have to give banana bread a try.

Can't believe how long these loaves stay fresh for. I'm just coming to the end of my fruit loaf and it still isn't stale!

I find home made bread much more filling than the bought stuff so it takes me longer to get through a loaf.

Think I'll try a cheese and onion one soon or maybe experiment with cheese, onion and tomato mmmmmm.

Just looked back on posts and I made the fruit loaf on the 9th. March!

I read in the newspapers that the bearded breadmaker guy from the BBC has gotten loads of money, has women throwing themselves at him, and is in line for a megabucks book advance...am I missing something here? :) He doesn't play football, or star in films, he just bakes bread!

I made garlic and rosemary bread last night. I missed the beep for adding stuff though so the olives I had intended on having nicely dispersed throughout were lumped on top. Was still yummy.

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "I made garlic and rosemary bread last night. I missed the beep for adding stuff though so the olives I had intended on having nicely dispersed throughout were lumped on top. Was still yummy."

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Made a Ciabatta loaf yesterday from a packet mix. Made another today... none left of the first one! I was very pleased with them. Vanessa I am so glad you posted about your first loaf. It was what swayed me to get my machine.

Here is a pic of some banana (and choc chip) bread that I made for Elle and I in an old breadmaker that I have just been given.
http://www.goodreads.com/photo/group/...
It is from this recipe and is absolutely lovely. I used 3 bananas instead of 2 and added the choc chips. It is lovely and moist
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/875/ba...

I was watching that bearded baker guy last night, and he was making bread from rice and lentils! When will the madness end?

Looks yum Ems!

I made another sundried tomato and parmesan loaf again but this time I added a red onion.
Only problem was the batteries on my scales seems to have run out so I had to guess the flour and I think I misjudged the water as well. It came out a bit squidgy like a fruit malt loaf and looked a bit funny. But it tasted absolutely delicious so wasn't a disaster after all.

That looks good Ems, I'll have to give that one a try.

Do you buy the sundried tomato and Parmesan mix Vanessa or make it yourself?

No I make it myself. I buy the jars of sundried tomatoes in oil. The recipe's in the booklet that came with the machine.

Well come on then. Sharing is caring Vanessa.

The recipe is :-

Sundried Tomato & Parmesan bread

3/4 tsp. yeast
400g (14oz) strong white flour
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
50g (2oz) parmesan, grated
75g (3oz) sundried tomatoes in oil, chopped
270 ml. water

I put the machine on the Italian setting and it takes 4hrs 30 mins.
Actual baking time is 50 minutes.
Last time I also added a finely chopped red onion.

Nom, nom.

I found a ready mix version on the Tesco site so I'm going to try that in my next shop. It's only 89p!

These packets of ready mix breads, do they just make one loaf?

If they do I think I'll stick to making from scratch as it's hardly a task to chuck it all in the pan and turn it on and it only takes a couple of minutes. Also a lot more expensive. Convenient I suppose though.

Vanessa there's 500 gm and you add 310 ml water in those packs so if I use one I divide mine in 2 rounds and it makes 2 small cob type loaves, in the oven.

I chuck it all in to make 1 loaf.

For 89p I'm quite happy to do that.

I need bread.

Nothing wrong with packets. Wierd but asda home brand seems to be the best.

Weird.

Tsk.

Use half molasses instead of all white sugar in that banana recipe is what makes it really fantastic (Em did do that as well)