Breadmaking machine

[maxxfi]

Instead I got a book called "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" and I really like it. It makes bread baking really easy and has tons of different varieties and ideas in there. And it is easy as taking 5 minutes to mix everything together, no kneading required, wait a few hours, and you are ready to bake bread.

Your post was too convincing to let this book go without a try, so I bought it
So now the question: in the basic recipe they recommend to use unbleached flour.
Where do you find it or do you use just the regular flour brands available in supermarkets?

[Pursuivant]

I think thats got täysjyvä in the label somewhere. Full-grain flour ?

[maxxfi]

Apparently there exists valkaisematon jauho, but for what I could find
via mighty google, it's only available straight from a miller/farmer.

It seems to be something different from the full-grain variety
(which is mentioned later in the book), but it won't be an expensive test
to try it anyway

[AldenG]

Is any flour bleached in Finland? Almost none of the bread I've seen there is the kind of bleached-white bread that is normal in the U.S.

[jas_rho]

Instead I got a book called "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" and I really like it. It makes bread baking really easy and has tons of different varieties and ideas in there. And it is easy as taking 5 minutes to mix everything together, no kneading required, wait a few hours, and you are ready to bake bread.

Your post was too convincing to let this book go without a try, so I bought it
So now the question: in the basic recipe they recommend to use unbleached flour.
Where do you find it or do you use just the regular flour brands available in supermarkets?

Hi, yeah I just use the regular flour that you find here in the store. Try also mixing in some graham flour and the durum flour. We've really liked these along with the main recipe, which turns out excellent bagettes by the way. I also recommend the baking stone if you don't have one. I got a round one for pizzas from kodinykkönen and it works fine, oh and with that and the basic dough recipe we've now made some awsome pizza. Try the Naan recipe too!

[Rosamunda]

I use hiivaleipävehnäjauho (strong plain flour) for making basic bread in my breadmaking machine. You can also get an organic version in all the big Prisma and CM (I think Prisma does a better selection of flour than CM). Try using spelt flour too.

[maxxfi]

I use hiivaleipävehnäjauho (strong plain flour) for making basic bread in my breadmaking machine. You can also get an organic version in all the big Prisma and CM (I think Prisma does a better selection of flour than CM). Try using spelt flour too.

Today I went doing some research in Prisma and actually I just got one bag of luomu hiivaleipävehnäjauho.
As it contains 13% proteins, it can't be too bad, bleached or not

[kiely]

Hi Sharon
Michaela here.
I got mine in Prisma(Tefal99euro). But if money is no object then just google them and you will find a site giving you the best one and that can come from the States or Amazon.
I love mine not because of the machine but because it means I no longer have to knead my own or find somewhere warm to rise the loaf.
lots of love xx

[Shazzer]

Hi All,
Just a quick update - I got my book "Artisan Bread in 5 minutes" from bookdepository one week after I placed my order online. The book came right to the doorstep without me needing to go to the post office to collect. Thanks Penelope! We've been away the whole month and so haven't had time to try out the bread recipes but will report back on success rate asap!

Thanks Michaela! Will invite you girls over to try my freshly baked bread soon!

[Rosamunda]

By the way, Lidl has started selling organic strong plain flour at 1€ per 1kg bag

[CatNip]

Check this out: http://www.pixmania.com/fi/fi/1737/xx/x ... eresn.html

[Upphew]

Check this out: http://www.pixmania.com/fi/fi/1737/xx/x ... eresn.html

Kenwood BM 450 won the Tekniikanmaailma magazine's test of 7 bread machines. 21/2009 if someone wants to go to local library and (b)read the test.

[Rosamunda]

But the BM450 is more than twice the price of the BM256 (which is the one I have). It costs 165e (on special offer... Kodin Ykkonen???) and is not even any bigger than the BM256.

I wonder what it can actually do better than the model I have. Basically there is a bucket for the dough, a paddle for kneading and a heating element. Seems expensive to me. I would rather put the money towards a BIG Kenwood Master Chef (the Titanium model.... for example)