Breadmaker recipes!

Freddy - if you're still looking in, I dug out the recipe I used for Chilli Bread - probably better not to use Scotch Bonnets unless you've got a strong constitution though!  

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

3 fresh chillies chopped or 3 generous tsp chilli flakes

320 ml water

500 g white bread flour

2 tsp salt

2 tsp sugar

25 g softened butter

1 tsp dried yeast.

To make - if using fresh chillies, chop them and fry in the oil  for a few minutes until softened then allow them to cool. 

Pour oil and chillies into the bread pan with the water.  Sprinkle over the flour and add sugar, salt and butter in separate corners. Add the yeast in the centre of the flour.

Set bread maker on normal setting and away you go. When baked turn the loaf out and allow to cool.

Good luck! 

Thanks, I’ll give it a go 👍 I know about scotch bonnets. I’ve still got some in the freezer that I grew the year before last. To be honest, I’m afraid of them. I made up a jerk sauce, using them, and burnt the back of my hands from handling them. Mind, quite nice once bbq’d 🙂

Moulsey, I’m going to try that recipe in the next couple of days. Just a query. Are you sure it’s 3 spoons of chilli flakes as it sounds rather a lot? Maybe you meant powder?

I used fresh  chillies but the recipe does say 3 tsp chilli flakes for a medium loaf.

I made a raisin and rosemary loaf this morning. Well it turned out to be a rosemary loaf actually because, despite the instructions saying to put the raisins ìn after the mixing, they just all sank to the bottom - so a rosemary loaf with a thick base layer of raisins!  

Aye up. Yes, made the loaf, but couldn’t bring myself to put in 3 tsp of flakes, so went with 1tsp, just to be safe 🙄 I was really surprised that there was only a hint of chilli, as half a teaspoon in ordinary dishes is more than enough. I know, I should have had more faith 🙂 Anyway, it’s 3 next time👍

Oh yes, I’ll probably use less water next time, to give it more of a ‘sandwich’ consistency.

Just taken another of my favourite carrot & fennel seed loafs out of the machine - should be just right for lunch later on. 

I managed to get two bags of bread flour from one of the little Sainsburys Local stores the other day, so all set for some more experimenting now. 

I like to use their (Sainsburys) ‘Whole Grain Seeded Bread Flour’, makes a great tasting/texture loaf.

I tried something a bit different yesterday - garlic and herb walnut bread. Absolutely delicious and the smell was just wonderful!  

Well that's it, I couldn't look at the giant bags of flour that took such a long time to arrive for any longer and the yeast has arrived too, so the breadmaker got dragged out this morning. Now I've got to remember the routine. I will be looking in at the ideas on here once I get the hang of it again. 

I've just found a breadmaker recipe for cheese and onion bread which I'm going to try tomorrow. I've found a pretty reliable source of bread flour is the little Sainsburys Local I drive past each day.