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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A nice product, 27 Nov 2010
This review is from: Morphy Richards 48320 Premium Breadmaker, White (Kitchen & Home)
I've never used a breadmaker before, but was keen to have a go. I have tried a few of the different recipes included in the booklet that comes with this product. The first was the Italian Herb Bread, the second was an ordinary white loaf, and third was the orange and cranberry loaf. All came out well, using various crust settings and sizes, although I think some practice and tweaking is required to get a perfect loaf. They all seem to come out fairly dense, particularly at the bottom, which isn't particularly to my taste, so it may need to rise more which should be possible on one of the custom settings as you can adjust the timings. It's very simple to use. You simply put in your ingredients (in strict order), select the programme, crust setting and size of loaf (according to your ingredients) and press start. It then takes a few hours to go through the programme of kneading, rising and baking, and at the end you get a delicous smell of home-cooked, fresh bread. Yum! There is a little light so that you can have a look through the window on the top of the machine and watch it doing its stuff. It isn't very heavy and although it is sturdy, when it is kneading the mixture it does seem to rock about quite a bit on the work surface, so you need to make sure it has a firm standing. It's very easy to clean. The pan just twists out and you can wipe it clean. It shouldn't be soaked as there is a spindle which holds the paddle and water can damage it. The paddle seems to come out in the bread and needs to be removed before you eat it, but I understand this is not an uncommon feature in breadmakers. It can be removed easily with the end of a spoon. On this model there is a nice little dispenser on the top to drop fruit or nuts etc automatically into the mixture at the right time. This is great because it distributes them evenly so you don't get a big lump of fruit in one place. The lid completely lifts off to make it easy to get the bread out and for cleaning purposes. This is a nice product to use and the bread tastes nice. It just needs more practice to get it right. You can also use the breadmaker just to mix the dough and do all the hard work for you, and then put it into your own oven for cooking.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Easier to use than I thought!, 27 Oct 2010
This review is from: Morphy Richards 48320 Premium Breadmaker, White (Kitchen & Home)
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The Morphy Richards Premium breadmaker is quite a natty little device. I read through the instructions twice and they are quite comprehensive. I thought I'd start with a ready mix from Waitrose, as I was a bit worried about having to measure things so exactly (as the instructions say you're supposed to do) The only thing that got me flummoxed was needing to press the accept button and hold it in for the count of three, otherwise it ignores the request. This is quite a fundamental, and not obvious thing to know, and even though it's written in the instructions, it's not located where you'd expect it to be. I measured the ingredients as instructed, added lukewarm water as instructed, set the device to the relevant programme and left the room..... I returned a little while later to watch it working through the kneading process. The machine was doing what it's supposed to, but the machine itself was wobbling around on the work surface and I was a bit concerned about this. I moved it away from the edge of the work surface and left the room again. Later on my son returned home saying the house smell like a baker's, which was true. The house was full of the aroma of freshly baked bread! We chopped it up and has some for our tea and it was jolly nice. If you like home baking, if you enjoy baking bread but don't enjoy the whole kneading process, this would be a good buy. I have never used a breadmaker before, but I have home baked bread. The major difference here is you don't have to turn the oven on, you don't have to get covered with flour, you don't have to battle kneading the dough (which is jolly useful) and you don't have to wait ages for the dough to rise (in a warm place)... This machine does exactly what it says: It bakes bread in three easy steps..... and the kitchen was amazingly clean afterwards, as there was no washing up!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love the smell of bread in the morning., 6 Nov 2010
This review is from: Morphy Richards 48320 Premium Breadmaker, White (Kitchen & Home)
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And despite being pretty much a novice, with the premium breadmaker I can make a delicious fluffy warm loaf with a minimum of trouble and cleaning. Seriously, the first time I used the breadmaker I produced a loaf of bread you could sell in a shop. I simply followed one of the recipes in the manual that comes with the machine and three and a half hours later there was a delicious loaf of wholemeal bread. It was awesome to behold. The manual gives you exact measurements for what you need to make a variety of different loaves, but also how to make doughs for pizzas and bagels, how to make jams and cakes, which you can also do with this breadmaker. The breadmaker comes with two measuring bowls and two measuring spoons so that you can deal with the wet and dry ingredients separately as you place them in the machine, and will do 300g loaves but not really anything bigger. Once again, I was utterly delighted with how easy it was to use. I'm stuck in a studio flat and have nowhere I can easily leave bread to rise, so having this device available to me is an absolut wonder. I'd very much recommend it.
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