I have always envied people who can make bread successfully. I don?t know how they find the time nor the patience to knead the dough wait for it to rise an then bake it. All my attempts have ended up in the bin. However, I recently asked a friend how she manages to make her own bread, run a farm and do a part time job. It was then she told me that she uses a bread maker and was quite surprised that I hadn?t already realised. Her bread is always delicious being fresh, soft and tasty so I thought I would give it ago.
I decided to look at Argos on line to see how much they were and the different types available. It was then that I noticed this Cookworks Bread Maker on offer at £31.89 (catalogue number 422/9399). Compared to some of the other makes it was very reasonably priced and very stylish being black and stainless steel. So I ordered ...
Advantages: No mess, no fuss Disadvantages: It is quite big
I thought I would give bread making a go. I bought one of these premixed bread recipes and my son and I got down to kneading. It ain't for the faint hearted, it takes ages, it is very messy and the dough is difficult to clean. However we did make nice bread, so much so I really wanted fresh bread without the hassle.
I looked at breadmakers and thought I did not really want to spend £100 on something that might not work too well and which may be may be a fad for a lttle while. I noticed Argos had a stainless cookworks breadmaker reduced to £29, I bought it and went home to try it out.
The first bread was a disaster I had added too much water (my fault), my second attempt was great. I have now tried breads from the recipe book that comes with the bread maker and I have also bought the supermarket premixes as well. There is no mess ...
Advantages: easy to use veiwing window to keep an eye on it Disadvantages: none that i found so far
Cookworks Signature Stainless Steel Breadmaker i got from argos for £29.99 it is easy to use you have viewing window so you can watch the bread cook it has 12 different programmes to choose from 3 crust settings it bakes 1.5lb or 2lb loaves it is easy to use as it has an add ingredients signal so you can go wrong with it you have a fast bake with is 1 hour and 40mins or a ultra fast bake which is a 58 mins you also have a 13 hour programmable delay timer it has non slip feet so you have no fear of it slipping any way with this machine you can also do not only bread which smells lovely while its being cooked and who dont like the smell of fresh baked bread it does do cakes and jams i have done cakes as it come with a book of which cakes you can do and how to do them the only thing i have'nt tried is the jam the bread comes out lovely ...
