Bread makers, I love mine. The Real Bread Campaign have been encouraging people to dig out their breadmaker, or maybe take the plunge and buy one. They're a bit like solar power, an initial outlay that soon recoups its cost. Flour's just over a pound a bag and makes 3 to 4 loaves.
I'm now at the next level, where I'm using the machine to make the dough (which is what even every artisan bakers does) then baking off in the oven. Here's the article…
Flour, yeast, water and salt. That's all you need to make bread. There is however another key ingredient that has been added by bakers since pre-history, and that is time. Time, along with a good dollop of elbow grease have always formed part of the process of bread making. That was until 1961 when the Flour Milling and Baking Research Association based at Chorleywood invented a process called 'no time' bread. [MORE]
