Tell me about breadmakers!

[semo233]

Does anyone have a good recipe for breadsticks? I see that people make them but have yet to find a recipe for them! TIA!!

My GE makes a 1.5 loaf (as best I can figure out). Here's the recipe....it's a very dependable recipe, but you could also use a french bread recipe and stope the machine before it bakes.

1 cup water
1 T powdered milk
1/4 c sugar
2 tsp butter
1 egg (beaten)
3/4 tsp salt
3.5 c all purpose flour
2-3 tsp dry yeast

measure ingredients into baking pan
select dough setting
when cycle is complete, remove dough from pan
Turn dough onto lightly floured board and shape dough into a ball. Divide into 24 equal pieces for 16 inch sticks. Roll each piece of dough into thin 16 inch ropes. Arrange ropes about 1 inch apart on oiled baking sheet. Allow to rise 30 minutes
Bruch with 1 beaten egg white and 1 T water. Sprinkle with poppy seds or sesame seeds or coarse salt if desired.
Bake at 400 degrees 10-15 minutes.

 

[quasar4legs]

I did not like my bread machine and never got the same results I could achieve doing it by hand.

The last couple of months I am using the no knead method from a book called 'Artisan bread in 5 minutes a day' written by a US doctor and a pastry chef.
Basically, you throw in the flour, yeast, water and salt into a plastic bucket which eventually sits in your fridge and then you just pull off bits each day and cook up a loaf. It is so easy and the bread is great.

If you google the title of the book you will find their website which has a little video on their method.

 

[ohlas]

I used it three maybe 4 times total.
It is boxed and ready for my garage sale
The bread was YUMMY, but honestly, I find that I buy less bread now then ever before and its just not worth it for us.
But, people also swear by their Kitchen Aide Mixers and I sold that too (I used it so infrequently...too bulky, to heavy.boy was that woman HAPPY to get that thing, and ME happy to unload it .) so thats just me
Now ..if you want to talk Coffee, lets talk Keurig, LOVE it

wow i think i would hit someone who wanted to take my kichen aide mixer away, they are heavy, i put mine on a plastic glider sheet to move it on the counter easier... but i do love it they make it so easy to bake and my hands dont hurt anymore....