Brilliant Breadmaking in Your Bread Machine

by Catherine Atkinson

There's nothing quite like the flavour and aroma of freshly baked bread. Your bread machine gives the pleasure of both with the least effort on your part. This book is for those who are new to bread making and those who want to expand their repertoire of recipes. It takes you through the basic techniques and provides foolproof advice on how to make the perfect loaf. From simple, straightforward loaves, which cost a fraction of the shop-bought equivalent, to more elaborately flavoured and handshaped creations, you'll discover over a hundred delicious recipes that make the most of your bread machine's potential.If you are concerned about what goes into the food you eat, you can now decide the ingredients of your daily bread yourself, and make bread that you will love. There are chapters on breads for those on special or restricted diets, such as gluten-free, and recipes using spelt and rye flours. All recipes are suitable for all makes of bread machine, and most recipes include ingredients for medium or large loaves or a small loaf using a compact bread machine.

Genres: Cooking

312 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 7, 2019

Reviews

[TBV (on hiatus) · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is not my habit to review recipe books. I have many of them, but I don’t normally have the patience to use them nor to measure ingredients. I’m more a ‘bit of this and a dash of that’ type of cook, and I have these books simply to stimulate my own imagination. However, I have (surprise, surprise) followed recipes from this book and for the most part I have actually measured ingredients (with occasional minor modifications). As I’m sure that I’m not the only reader who has taken to bread baking during lockdown, I’d like to share that the recipes in this book are excellent. I have made several different loaves, and I’m happy to report that each one exceeded expectations.

The first three chapters are devoted to bread machines, ingredients and storing basics. The list of recipes is as follows:
Everyday Basic Bread
Simple White Loaf
Traditional Wholemeal Bread
Light Wholemeal Loaf
Light Seeded Wholemeal Loaf
Half and Half Loaf
Basic Brown Bread
Soft Brown Bread
Speedy Seeded Bread
Rapid White Loaf
Economy White Bread

Classic Breads
Farmhouse White Loaf (a favourite!)
Milk Loaf
Country Oatmeal Bread
Soft-grain Bread
Granary Loaf
Quick Light Granary Loaf
Malthouse Loaf
Barleycorn Bread
Multi-grain Loaf
Boston Brown Bread
Light Rye and Caraway Loaf
German Dark Rye Bread
Black Bread
Sourdough Loaf
Anadama Bread
French-style Bread

Savoury Enriched Breads
Brown Buttermilk Bread
Malted Barley Bread
Seeded Spelt Loaf
Golden Cornmeal Bread
Buckwheat Brown Bread
Toasted Seed Loaf
Beer Bread
Semolina and Olive Oil Bread
Mixed Olive Bread
Country Chesire Cheese and Apple Bread
Sweet Potato Bread
Chilli Pepper Loaf
Sun-dried Tomato and Olive Bread
Garlic Mushroom Bread
Dill and Lemon Loaf
Carrot and Corriander Bread
Italian Blue Cheese Bread
Beetroot Bread
Hot Potato and Horseradish Bread
Celery and Walnut Loaf
Poppy Seed Loaf
Butternut Squash Loaf
Mediterranean Vegetable Loaf
Indian Spiced Bread
Smoky Bacon and Maple Syrup Brioche

Sweet Enriched Breads
Candied Fruit and Cardamom Loaf
Quick Oat and Apple Loaf
Malted Fruit Bread
Chocolate and Banana Bread
Rum and Raisin Bread
Dark Chocolate and Almond Panettone
Creamy Coconut, Pineapple and Papaya Loaf
Cider and Apple Loaf
Buttery Brioche Bread (another favourite)
Toasted Hazelnut and Chocolate Brioche
Sweet Saffron and Honey Bread
Fig and Rosemary Bread
Date and Walnut Bread
Spiced Almond and Apricot Loaf
Sticky Glazed Hot Cross Bun Bread
Fruit and Nut Bread

Shaped Breads
Classic Bloomer
Pain de Champagne
Old-fashioned Cottage Loaf
French Baguettes
Focaccia with Fresh Rosemary
Italian Ciabatta
Pesto and Pine Nut Stromboli
Buttery Bread Rolls
Bagels
Chelsea Buns
Poppy Seed Challah
Kringle
Stollen
Sticky Syrup-soaked Savarin
Raisin Loaf
Easy Iced Buns
Creamy Chocolate Braid

Breads for Special Diets
Breakfast Bread
Enriched White Bread
Extra-healthy White
Multi-seed Buckwheat Bread
Wholewheat Spelt Bread
Soft White Spelt Bread
Simple Gluten-free Bread
Gluten-free brown bread
Gluten-free Cheese and Sun-dried Tomato Loaf
Vegan Loaf

Cakes and Teabreads
Banana and Cinnamon Teabread
Tropical Fruit Bread
Moist and Sticky Gingerbread
Frosted Carrot Cake
Rich Chocolate Cake
Oat and Blueberry Muffin Loaf
Wholemeal Honey, Ginger and Lemon Teabread
Gluten-free Citrus Bread

In most instances ingredients are given for three different loaf sizes. Preparation time is usually no more than five minutes, but the automated kneading, rising and baking usually take several hours. It is well worth making as there is nothing like the aroma and flavour of freshly baked bread! A Farmhouse White Loaf is baking as I post this review.

[John Whelan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Please note I am reviewing the UK edition.

The author never tells us where these recipes originated, but I now assume America. The recipes have been amended to use metric weights and measures. There are good reviews. I assumed, silly me, that the author had gone to the trouble of amending these recipes for the UK market.

Nowhere are we warned that these are American recipes so the quantities of sugar and therefore I assume yeast and salt will need to be adjusted. The sugar suggested would seem to be 2 to 3 times what would be correct for the equivalent UK adjusted recipes. The author must be aware of this as later in the book when she gives the recipe for a British cottage loaf the sugar is correct and dramatically lower than elsewhere.

Ideally the author would have reworked the recipes, but alternatively I would have accepted a prominent warning. To do neither is sloppy, lazy and dissevering of the one star rating I have given.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now, I’m hungry!

This book has almost all the recipes I’ve been searching Google for, except for a couple of mixes for Scones, Crumpets or tea cakes! Luckily, I don’t need a book to teach me how to make them. If you’re diabetic, vegan or need gluten-free breads, you are covered. The recipes in this book are so helpful, I can satisfy my friends and family with bakes for all occasions and from all over Europe - I’m starting NOW!

[Keith Twamley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some lovely recipes, looking forward to trying

Lots of tasty looking recipes. Some colour imagery would be a nice addition, looking forward to trying out some recipes.

[Parveen · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good

Love this book .
Very well explained and easy to understand.
Wide variety of recipes.
So please I bought it.