Back in stock if you're quick :stuck_out_tongue:

I have made bread for the first time over the last few weeks, since then I have made 2 more loaves and the last one was when drunk and we added loads of cheese and even more cheese on top. It came out very nice and was demolished in minutes.

Making bread is much easier than I thought and I did it by hand and just shaped it onto a baking tray after letting rise in a warm place for about an hour, then the oven did the trick for 15-20 mins. Came out great every time, the cheesey one was a bit flatter than the others but that was understandable due to the stodgy cheese we added, and loads of it. :smiley:

Anyone who makes bread, can you please tell if a breadmaker machine is easier than making by hand? Any real benefit to the outlay? Making bread by hand only takes 10 mins to kneed, an hour to rise, then 15 mins in oven, not realy hard or time consuming. :smiley:

Here is the drunken cheese loaf I made on cup final day. Full of cheese so was never gonna rise massive, but it was soooo tasty. :smiley:

Yeah sorry, wasn't trying to prove you wrong or anything, just trying to re-assure anyone who might be concerned about the electricity costs.

My lidl one used 0.32kw/h (1/3 of a unit) to make its smallest size 750g loaf.

Its a 850 watt machine - approx 120w for the motor and 700w element, but I doubt the Panasonic would be very much different, as it would need to have its smaller element on more during baking to maintain the same temperature.

I did say it is unlikely to operate at the full 550w. My cost was just a maximum figure. The only way to know for certain would be to use a power meter :smiley:

It'll only run at 550w for the baking section.

Most of the time the bread will be rising, in which case it'll barely use anything.

I don't have a bread maker, but this one featured according to the manufacturer's website consumes a maximum of 550w. If it takes 2 hours to bake (on fast bake, as someone said above) then it uses 1.1kwh in that time - this is assuming it is constantly operating at maximum output, which is unlikely.

You'd have to check your electricity tariff, but it's probably between 10-18p on an average tariff based on 2 hours at 550w.

The lidl one makes great bread, I think in part because it is dual paddle machine. We had a morphy richards fastbake for a while and the bread from that was rubbish. I don't think Lidl will have them in again until about September/november.

I also like to use part (25-50%) wholemeal, part white flour as I think it give the bread a nicer taste and texture. I just put the breadmachine's tub on the scales so I can weigh all the ingredients as I chuck them in.

Great product great price. I know as I added a deal some time ago! Love the standard loaf so much I haven't bothered with others in the recipe book

Out of stock - not taking orders any more :disappointed:

No stock, lets me add to basket then:

Sorry, we don't have enough Panasonic Breadmaker, SD-2500WXC - White items in stock right now. This item (s) has been added to your save for later basket. You can try to purchase this item again by reducing its quantity.

We use the fastbake option more than anything - 2 hours.
Electricity consumption - don't know & don't care. :smile:

Thanks OP, Bought one with Clubcard Boost+1.5% cashback and extra bonus of £5 from Quidco by using it after a while.

Any idea how long it takes to make 800 gm bread and how much is the electricity consumption? Thanks

agreed - doesnt do gluten free well at all - but thats mainly cause ive yet to find a recipe that works, rather than the bread maker itself.

as for regular loaves - panasonic are unbeatable.

I purchased this full price a while ago, for gluten free bread. Sadly each time the bread come out like a cake.

Tried several of the best mixes and flours but couldn't get a good result.

The seed and nut dispenser doesn't work on the gluten free setting either.

Definitely wouldn't recommend for gluten free baking.

My bread makers :wink:

We love our bread machine. Haven't got this one, we got the cheap one from Lidl when it was on offer. Can not recommend them enough. It is used every day (sometimes twice a day). The bread is good every time on our cheap one so hopefully this should be perfect. The best thing about them is that they are so simple to use and the ingredients are simple too (just 6 ingredients compared to the list on the shop bought bread). We like to mix 1/3 wholemeal to 2/3 white - Kids love it so we must be doing something right. Voted Hot.

Cold, seen cheaper locally. Decent for national though.

A half baked deal, cold from me

​I'll try a different brand, been using Lidls flours, wholemeal and white. Thank you.

Thank you, we hadn't got around to buying a new one since our old one packed in last year as have been saving for a mortgage so couldn't justify getting a new one, but have been missing reliably nice bread. Got it for free using clubcard vouchers though, so v.Happy :-)

Are you kidding? Costs about 20-30p per loaf!

3Kg of flour is £2 or 40p a loaf for my breadmaker.

Yeast is £1 for 100g or 4p per loaf

The cost of the other ingredients and the electricity is probably around 10p or so.

Not sure how many loaves you'd get before a breadmaker wears out, but I doubt it would make a loaf of breadmaker bread more expensive than a loaf of Hovis or Kingsmill in Tesco.

Glad it helped... I got mine for £8 after using vouchers. Picking it up on the way home. Been toying with getting one for a while.

I like to leave the loaf in my Lidl breadmaker for about 20-30 minutes after it has finished baking to allow the keep warm function to shrink the loaf slightly, so it comes out of the tub more easily, and I still get great bread.

We found that it did make a difference to the loafs taste wise yes.Previously used allinsons flour and that was also fine but prefer the bacheldremill flour.Also depends what recipe you are following.

If you want a decent breadmaker it has to be Panasonic!

I know this isn't the right place to post this but I have one of these and I am getting rid of it. It is good but I hardly use it. It costs too much to make a loaf of bread.

Excellent machine, use it 3-4 times a week. Gotta make sure you keep it clean and take the bread out as soon as it completes, otherwise the bread can sink. If you follow the easy instructions you get perfect loaves every time.

I got this on the amazon lightning deals Noooooooo........ (although it is great btw)

Thanks op. Great deal!

Great spot delbut, I was able to use double up and get a further £27 off, so £42 delivered to local Tesco Express tomorrow.

Heat added! Thanks.

Never seen that, where do you get it from?

For great bread use bacheldremill flour.

Collected mine yesterday, not used just yet. Used my last clubcard points to get this plus a new microwave. Ps: it s bigger than I was expecting...

Great Machine. Bargain if you have clubcard vouchers to use .

Great machine, had the 2501 for a few years and it's still spot on.

Not the cheapest machines, but definitely among the best.

Great bread maker. Bargain :sunglasses: