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\"BreadI couldn’t resist\u00a0sharing the\u00a0photo of the loaf of bread our trusty old machine churned out\u00a0this week. Made in exactly the\u00a0same way\u00a0as usual, it\u00a0beats all\u00a0previous rising records.<\/div>\n
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We started using a machine to bake our bread about five years ago.\u00a0 A\u00a0Panasonic SD-256<\/a> had been my on my wish list for a long\u00a0while having read a review by the Good Housekeeping Institute, but the price tag kept it out of\u00a0the kitchen cupboard.<\/div>\n
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Then out of the blue my parents bought me\u00a0an Argos Cookworks bread machine (no link available) for Christmas and away we went (and\u00a0wastelines too). The machine came with a handy little recipe book,\u00a0and we tried them all until we settled down to a few favourite recipes.<\/div>\n
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Although very basic the Cookworks machine really is a great little workhorse. We lost the paddle for it for a couple of years – it eventually turned up in our son’s bedroom drawer ((??)) – so in the interim\u00a0we bought a cheap replacement,\u00a0but that eventually burnt out so back we went to the Cookworks.<\/p>\n

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So what do we make in the bread machine?<\/p>\n

On average we bake\u00a0about three loaves of \u00a0bread a week (every day when we’re snowed in).\u00a0It also makes the\u00a0dough to make\u00a0home-made rolls\u00a0that we eat with bowls of wholesome soup. I love that you can make standard, quick or rapid loaves\u00a0– handy when we’ve run out of bread and need a loaf for the table in just over an hour.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0also make white, brown or wholemeal\u00a0loaves, depending upon circumstance.<\/p>\n

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Homemade pizza is\u00a0on our menu\u00a0every fortnight or so\u00a0– a doubled up portion of dough will make three 45cm (18″) pizzas – great when we have a house full of children as the pizzas\u00a0can be custom-built.<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0recent favourite however is the\u00a0Focaccia.\u00a0Mr G was cheeky enough to ask me if I’d been\u00a0to the bakery\u00a0the first time I\u00a0put it on the table\u00a0as “it\u00a0looks so professional”.<\/div>\n
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(apologies for picture quality – taken on phone)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Containing three tablespoons of olive oil it’s a bit on the naughty side (only if you eat the whole loaf on your own I guess) but it’s\u00a0very adaptable.<\/p>\n

The machine makes the dough and\u00a0we add the toppings.<\/p>\n

It could be as simple as pesto spread over the top (as in picture) or a bit more elaborate with sprigs of rosemary, sun-dried tomatoes, sea salt\u00a0and olives. Whichever way we choose, if it’s sitting on the bread board when the children walk in from school,it won’t be there 20 minutes later!<\/p>\n

Sometime I roll it into a round pizza shape for equal shares (important for children\u00a0that\u00a0nobody gets more than them), or when it’s for\u00a0adults it tends to be\u00a0more of\u00a0an igledy pigledy shape that we tear and share.<\/div>\n
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Have I convinced any purists? As much as\u00a0I love the idea of\u00a0the therapeutic qualities of kneading bread\u00a0I don’t think I’d ever find the time to make it from scratch. This way we get to eat great tasting loaves without the hassle.<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>I’d love to hear whether others bake their own\u00a0and\u00a0their methods…<\/div>\n
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… and if anybody wants the recipe for the bread machine Focaccia, just leave a comment below. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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