Bread Making

I had been contemplating getting a bread maker for a long time. The thought of being able to make my own bread that is more nutritional, tastes better and free from preservatives, comes to me once in a while. However, I hesitated on buying after hearing stories where bread machines were left on the shelf after the novelty subsided. A friend of mine bought a bread maker, used it everyday for one month, and then stopped using it altogether. On the other hand, another friend makes wonderful bread with it. Ah well, for the time being I decided against buying it.

It was back to the basics of kneading dough by hand until I received a wonderful present - Panasonic SD-BM103 bread maker. Thank you so much! With a new machine on hand, I made my first basic white loaf.

Freshly baked bread for breakfast

And then I began to venture into bread rolls. The second day I tried butter roll and mini sausage rolls. I made about 10 sausage rolls but it wasn't enough to go around. The bread was very soft and everyone liked it. Ah Mah said everyone could have easily eaten 4 sausage rolls each. The balance of the dough I tried to make the braided bread with ham, cheese and tomato toppings. Papa loved the foccacia bread with rosemary herbs and olive oil.

Ham & cheese bun and sausage rolls

The bread machine can make pizza dough, cakes, mochi and pasta too!

Butter cake

Last but not least, the kids' favourite. The whole loaf of bread was finished in half an hour.

Raisin bread

Mood: Sense of satisfaction