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[Seagazer]

Hello everyone,

 

My Morphy Richards via Nectar points breadmaker has arrived - yay!

 

The receipes all include skimmed milk powder which has really disappointed me and especially YS as I didn't know it would need this ingredient. Does it have to be milk powder or can I just use milk? It says 1 1/4 cups of water and 1 tbsp of skimmed milk powder so can I just use 1 1/4 cups of milk?

 

Any help would be appreciated.

[Jules.]

Liquid wise I don't think you should go over the 1 1/4 cup amount, so why not put in 1 and a bit cups of water, & make the rest up with milk, but not too much?

I did this last night when I made my bread & found out I had run out of milk powder. The bread tasted fine, & my mums breadmaker actually asks for milk in the ingrediemts.

[Lesley]

We just ignore all requests for milk or milk powder - it makes the bread 'cakey' - just use water.

[Egluntyne]

We just ignore all requests for milk or milk powder - it makes the bread 'cakey' - just use water.

 

Ditto...I never add it.

[Louise]

I add a little powder as the amount listed by MR ingredients makes the bread yellow and sweet I also use less salt and sugar than they say basically have a play aprund with the ingredients till you get the balance right for you

 

Always use the listed amount of liquid either water or milk or a combination and flour and yeast but the rest is okay to experiment with

[Seagazer]

Thanks for that everybody. I can't wait to start today, I have to wait until YS gets home from school as he is my budding little chef and is desperate to help.

 

I'll let you know how I get on

[..lay a little egg for me]

We just ignore all requests for milk or milk powder - it makes the bread 'cakey' - just use water.

 

Ditto...I never add it.

Same here. I use olive oil not butter and honey not sugar and cut down the salt by half...it all works fine!

[chickencam]

I played around with ingredients too. I don't use milk powder just water or milk which makes a loaf which is softer and sweeter because I worry that my kids don't get enough milk because they eat eggs for breakfast during the week.

 

I use a tablespoon of olive or rapeseed oil instead of butter except when making a fruit loaf and only use the smaller measure for sugar. I don't tend to make just wholemeal loaves because they can be very heavy and aren't large enough to make sandwiches for 5. I use all white or 50/50 wholemeal and white and one and a half small measures of allinson's easy bake yeast the one in sachets it is the only one I have found that doesnlt have added enzymes.

 

Hope your first loaf went well

 

I usually use setting 11 on my Fastbake it seems to give the lightest largest loaves.

[Seagazer]

Thanks for all the tips everyone. Well we made our first one. We followed the instructions and receipe strictly for the first loaf. It was lovely, my husband can't wait until he eats bread again.

 

I think we're going to try the timer this evening to have a loaf when we wake up tomorrow morning. I'm going to do half and half I think as I prefer wholemeal bread but the kids like white. I will also cut down the sugar and salt.

 

I'm beginning to feel that maybe I can cook after all! Lemon drizzle cake last week, bread this week. What next??

[Louise]

I use 2/3 granary flour and 1/3 white to make a really scrummy loaf I cook it on the setting for granary bread as thi is longer to allow absorption of the water