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Although I use my bread machine a lot, I've always felt the results tasted a bit like shop bread, ie steam-cooked and too light + it's got a damn great hole in the middle and it's a weird shape, the bread tins provided make a very tall loat.
I started experimenting with just working to the dough cycle, which I use for French sticks, ciabatta etc and it works beautifully. I made a very good wholemeal loaf, nutty, sweet and with a good heft to it.
So will not be cooking the bread in my machine again, just put it on to dough cycle, then take it out, knock it around a bit, prove for half an hour and cook for half an hour or so on Gas 7 and you get an excellent "normal" shaped loaf.
And I know you purists will say why bother with it at all, but I love the way I can put all the ingredients in the tin, turn the machine on and wait for the pinger to go announcing a lovely piece of dough
Sue
Although I use my bread machine a lot, I've always felt the results tasted a bit like shop bread, ie steam-cooked and too light + it's got a damn great hole in the middle and it's a weird shape, the bread tins provided make a very tall loat.
I started experimenting with just working to the dough cycle, which I use for French sticks, ciabatta etc and it works beautifully. I made a very good wholemeal loaf, nutty, sweet and with a good heft to it.
So will not be cooking the bread in my machine again, just put it on to dough cycle, then take it out, knock it around a bit, prove for half an hour and cook for half an hour or so on Gas 7 and you get an excellent "normal" shaped loaf.
And I know you purists will say why bother with it at all, but I love the way I can put all the ingredients in the tin, turn the machine on and wait for the pinger to go announcing a lovely piece of dough
Sue
OH found me one ont' pooter - £6.45 for a new one - couple of days delivery! Ooops! 
DDL
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