Brilliant Breadmaking in Your Bread Machine

At last I’ve found a recipe book made for the UK. Not only are the measurements in metric, but the recipes have the ingredients for 3 different sizes of loaf, essential for the various sizes of breadmakers. In addition there’s good clear explanations of the process in the first chapters, along with hints and tips. No photos of the recipes, but let’s face it, bread maker loaves are all the same size and shape. Plenty of everyday basic bread recipes as well as more outlandish fancy breads that many people wouldn’t attempt. If you like things like Butternut Squash Bread it’s here as are Chelsea Buns and a Simple White Loaf. Another bonus is it’s a properly printed book, not one of the awful photocopied self-published things which seem to be growing in number.

I bought this book because my bread machine only came with two recipes which got a bit boring. What a fantastic book it is! Absolutely packed with recipes, from all the basics to the really unusual ones I would never have thought of making. Each recipe has instructions for three sizes of loaf and there's also a full section on shaped loaves that you start in the machine and finish in the oven. I haven't bought supermarket bread since I got it. At this stage I think my body is about 75% bread flour 😁

I am a huge bread fan but I found some time ago that supermarket bread (fresh or packaged) tended to make me feel bloated. After much research I discovered that this was probably down to something called the Chorleywood Process, which was invented many decades ago to produce commercial bread in minutes rather than hours. Artisan bread, which is made more slowly and more traditionally, seems much less troublesome to my digestion (as well as tasting SO much better!) so I have been baking my own bread for many years now. I sometimes make my own from scratch but usually I find that breadmakers do an excellent job too. I bought this book to complement my new Panasonic SD-ZB2502 breadmaker after my old Panny expired. Initially I used the Pansonic Recipe Book in the new machine and I was disappointed that the loaves came out very soft and crumbly. Once I modified those recipes a little they did improve, however, I wanted to see how Atkinson's recipes compared. I have to say that every one so far has turned out very well indeed. Loaves from her book are tasty with excellent texture and the ones I have tried so far (Granary and 50/50) work beautifully in our toaster. The book contains many other interesting recipes that I intend to try soon, the only gripe I have is that there are no pictures or any naan bread recipes. The ingredients are in UK Metric, though, unlike many of the alternative books on offer out there which seem to be American. There is also some useful theory at the beginning after which the book launches into the recipes proper, with clear and concise instructions. Overall, I think this book is great value and well worth grabbing if you own any kind of breadmaker or are considering buying one.

I treated myself to a bread machine after years of dithering, and originally bought a fairly cheap recipe book to go with it. (Published 2003.) I had reasonable results but the bread didn't quite hit the spot with the men and nothing really inspired me to try anything different in it: it wasn't a book you'd pick up and browse for the fun of it. So I got this up to the minute one by Catherine Atkinson and love it. It's really easy to follow with a good introduction, useful hints, information and tips etc. And the recipes are great - all sorts of things I'd never thought of - and they are all clear, nicely set out and so easy to follow. There's a broad range as well, from basic, through everyday, to unusual and a bit exotic. The ingredients aren't difficult to source either. It's a book you can browse through with pleasure, yet it fits into your average kitchen drawer. I'd thoroughly recommend it. I should say my breadmaker is the cheapest I could find, and I didn't exactly have high hopes. However, with this book, I don't know whether it's better ingredient proportions, better tips or what, but the only slight failure was last week when the bread pushed itself above the pan and stuck on the window of the lid a bit. However, the loaf was still completely edible, and the funny bit at the end was cut off and made a meal for the birds. I do now have to do bigger loaves, so that says something. Great value for money.

This book is truly amazing! I was having difficulty getting a decent edible loaf from the recipes supplied with my Morphy Richards bread maker. I was wasting so many ingredients and to be truthful I was about to ditch the machine. However since buying this book I have not had one failure, every loaf comes out looking perfect and tasting so delicious. The book is extremely informative tells you everything you need to know from choosing a bread maker, baking your loaf and storing your bread. The contents and index are clearly set out making it extremely quick and easy to find what you are looking for. The conversion charts are very useful too. The recipes are easy to follow with clear headings and bullet points you can’t go wrong. I particularly like the “Bakers Tips” at the bottom of the recipes for example I do use 2 tsp of dough improver (also available from Amazon) in the Traditional Wholemeal Bread. This book is a must have for anyone with a bread maker and with over 100 recipes you are spoilt for choice!

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Lovely recipes but very few pictures. Most recipes have a picture so we can see what the finished product looks like. Helps when choosing a recipe and on gauging outcome. However the recipes are amazing and full of flavour. Great variety of flavoursome loaves. Listing the ingredients in order of how they go into the pan is very useful . Some of the best bread I have ever tasted . An excellent purchase

Älskar att den har mått enheter i gram och milliliter och att det är val mellan litet, mellan och stort bröd. Finns dock en del ingredienser som inte är tillgängliga i Sverige men inget som hindrar att boken får 5 stjärnor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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A good book for good bread. It's not all in metric so, you have to get a dual scale and convert sometimes. Also, it might take a little adjusting the recipes to work with the different machines. Any creative baker will do well. Overall, it works well.

L'auteur est très expérimenté avec la nutrition et de la nourriture et elle a utilisé ses connaissances pour écrire un très bon livre pour un usage domestique. Hautement recommandé