On Aug 19, 9:52*pm, Sally Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:35:13 +0100, Judith in France wrote
(in article
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On Aug 18, 3:45*pm, AriesVal
wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:41:18 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote:
Ask Kay about her home made bread rolls, she introduced me to
breadmakers. *Although the last twice I made them, they rose
beautifully but when I took the cling film off them they went down to
nothing again, I must be doing something wrong. *I put the cling film
on them when they are rising so that the heat keeps in.

I've stopped using my breadmaker. *I make my bread in a Kenwood mixer with a
dough hook. *I make two big loaves at a time using a mixture of strong
flours - this week it was a little organic white, organic wholewheat,
granary flour and some mixed seeded flour. *

I let the dough rise once, knock back and put into two 2 lb double skinned
loaf tins and let it rise again covered with unbleached non stick baking
paper (similar to greaseproof paper but not stick). *I then leave until well
risen in the tins, then place in a very hot oven for 10 mins, lower the heat
a little, and continue to bake for another 20 - 25 mins until cooked through
and the loaves sound hollow when tapped. *

The bread is fine in the breadmaker, it's just my rolls are not doing
as well as Kay's. *I too have a big Kenwood with a doughhooh and I
always used that until the breadmaker was bought. *I wonder if I can
get the non stick baking paper you mention in France? *Where do you
buy it Val as I could pick up some in September when I visit my girls.

Judith

Judith, I too make my bread in (with) a Kenwood mixer using a very similar
method to Val, but I don't use non-stick baking paper. *I cut up an old
plastic bag and oil it lightly and use that. (I don't use plastic carriers as
a rule, but sometimes they get forced on me!) *I did think quite seriously
about getting a breadmaker until I realised that a large loaf was just taller
- not larger all round - and I also make two big loaves at a time using a
1.5kg bag of flour.

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Sally in Shropshire, UK
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Hi Sally before I reply to your post, I pick up the "you know what"
that came from your cousin, next month, thanks for the intro. Many
years ago, before breadmakers, I used to make the bread, the children
were very young and I used to make a lot of bread! I used the big
Kenwood and it was always a success. Now the Kenwood sits in the
pantry and I hardly use it except for Christmas cakes and big mixes
otherwise I just use a small hand mixer. When Edward makes Pitta
bread, he uses your plastic bag with olive oil technique.

Judith