Breadmakers are becoming more and more popular among us thrifty types and it is easy to see why. For very little effort you can have fresh, warm and crusty bread. There are plenty of other benefits too!
You control what goes into your bread
When using a breadmaker, you can control exactly what goes into the bread you make. This means that you can not only create amazing flavours but you can also avoid things that store bought breads have in, such as preservatives and other additives. You can homemade bread that is delicious and allows you to use natural and organic ingredients if that is important to you.
Easy to use
I find the process of baking bread to be magical, but it is also time consuming. Breadmakers make it so much easier – all you do is put all your ingredients in, push some buttons and the machine does the rest, including kneading the dough, letting it rise and bake.
Using it for more than just bread
You can use a breadmaker to make more than your standard loaf of bread. It can be used to make pizza dough, scones and even some biscuit dough.
Saving money
With the price of bread in supermarkets being between £1-£2, you might be wondering if a breadmaker really will save you money, especially when you consider the initial outlay. Investing in a breadmaker will save you money in the long run though. Each loaf will cost you a fraction of the price of a loaf of bread in the supermarkets. Breadmakers are also cheaper to run than an oven, so consider that in your calculations.
There are some fantastic Amazon reviews to help you decide upon a breadmaker.
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Jane Willis (@janesgrapevine) says
Another point to bear in mind is that if you compare home made bread to supermarket sliced, you aren’t really comparing like with like. Home made bread isn’t injected with air or filled with chemicals – it isn’t mass produced. So when you are calculating how much you save per loaf, you really ought to compare it to the price of an artisanal loaf from a specialist shop or a farmer’s market – many of which charge between £3.95 and £5 for a loaf. Maybe that’s not the kind of price you would pay for bread if you were buying it – I certainly wouldn’t – but having a bread machine gives me access to bread of that quality for less than the price of a large sliced. And that has to be a good thing!
Emma says
That’s a really good point! I sort of touched upon the no chemicals aspect, but I didn’t think about comparing it to artisan bread.
Blodwyninexile says
I had mine from Freecycle! Some of my first attempts were a bit more miss than hit! The pizza dough made way more that I thought and ended up with a LARGE pizza that s p r e a d when I should have used it to make two! Looked like something out of a sci-fi movie.
But I agree you can control what goes into it, I use organic flour. I have also noticed that the in-store bakery at our local Tesco sells fresh yeast it you ask the baker in advance.