making bread at home

[SallyF]

I am finding the supermarket bread quite sweet and have considered buying a bread making machine so I can make it myself. I am hesitant to buy the machine just yet as I don't know if good flour is easy to buy and if it works. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you.

[Homemade Bread]

I bought a second-hand bread machine here in Singapore and we always make our own bread, much cheaper and better tasting.  Would not hesitate to recommend making your own bread. You can buy all the ingredients at any supermarket, even the local ones.

[bread]

We have a bread maker and it makes really nice bread, you can buy premixes or just google recipes. We also sometimes make no knead bread rolls. 6 cups of flour, 1/4 teaspoon of yeast, and 3 (or so) of salt. Mix with enough water to make it sticky and leave over night. Then you can put the dough in the fridge and it lasts a few days and just make bread rolls as needed.

[Doh]

Bread flour is available in the supermarkets, but is quite expensive. Still, the chance to have freshly baked proper bread when you wake up in the morning makes it well worthwhile

[Baker apprentice]

I bought a Kenwood bread machine few months ago, but I mostly use the kneading programme and prefer to bake the bread in the oven. Nothing compares to the smell of freshly baked bread!

The bread flour is not too expesive, I usually pay 2.50 or 2.80 at FairPrice.

[used to have one]

I had a Blue Sky one which I got at Carrefour - it was very cheap, only about $55 and was kind  of a tester really because the better ones are very expensive.

I used it like the PP above me does - just for kneeding and I'd bake it in the oven as I think that the bread is nicer from the oven, but it did bake it OK if we'd wanted it to do, it's just that the little paddle they have sticks up and makes a hole in the first few slices.

Anyway it lasted about a year and then the paddle started scraping the metal pan it sits in and I didn't think a mouthful of iron shavings was very good for the diet so I gpt rid of it (nothing wrong with it apart from that sadly but as far as I know they didn't do replacement pans).

So I would suggest a better make than that one really unless you just want to try it out like I did.  I'd buy another one but haven't found one I fancy yet (you don't get much choice in Singapore).

It might be worth reading up on the kinds you can get here on a site like Amazon to get reviews and make your mind up that way.

I used to keep the bread flour and the yeast in the fridge - to keep the ants out   

[2 Baker App]

Which brand of flour did you use from Fair Price and where was it produced?

[Bread Flour]

I use the PRIMA bread flour which you can purchase at Cold Storage or Fairprice, I believe it is manufactured in Singapore.  I make bread every other day and have always had perfect results using this flour.

[Ex-pat]

I have a Breville machine which I bought at Tangs basement years ago and I have been very happy with it.