Making Bread in a Bread Maker

September 16th, 2011

Ovens & Cooking

There’s nothing quite like the smell of freshly baked bread. Comforting, enticing and delicious – fresh bread is one of life’s simple pleasures. But because most of us lead busy lives, it’s not something we get to experience very often.

Many people are intimidated by the idea of baking bread from scratch, which is why we usually buy bread from the supermarket. But store-bought bread lacks freshness, and can contain preservatives and other artificial additives. And most importantly, it doesn’t taste very nice!

Perhaps it’s time to consider investing in bread maker. Today’s bread machines are very affordable – starting from around $95, and they’re extremely user-friendly. No matter how skilled you are in the kitchen, modern-day bread makers come with clear instructions that make baking easy.

Fresh bread can enhance any meal. Bread makers are great not just for creating white or brown loaves, they can also be used to make gluten-free, whole wheat or rye bread. Or if you’ve got a sweet tooth, you can make fruit bread, chocolate bread, or brioche – the possibilities are virtually endless.

As every Italian knows, the key to a great pizza is the dough. Crisp and slightly browned on the outside, yet soft and chewy on the inside, bread makers make it possible to create utterly perfect pizza bases with little effort and minimum mess.

Scones, bagels, French sticks, focaccia, buns, croissants – you’ll be amazed what bread makers can do. Some bread makers also come with a bake-only mode, making it possible to bake cakes, or even puddings and lasagnes.

You can find tasty and creative bread machine recipes at allrecipes.com.au, as well as a guide to making sandwich loaves here. Or if you’d prefer to do it the old fashioned way, check out this informative article on taste.com.au.

Browse our range of bread makers at Appliances Online to find the bread machine to suit your needs. Plus you can read customer reviews of the highly popular Panasonic SD-257 Bread Maker.

And of course we’re always happy to provide friendly, unbiased advice – give us a ring on 1300 000 500 and speak to one of our knowledgeable customer service representatives.