Trying (and failing) to use a bread machine : Testing the Russel Hobbs Breadmaker

The recipe for gluten free bread in a machine is here: www.freee-foods.co.uk/recipes...
The recipe I used to use in an oven is here: glutenfreeonashoestring.com/g...
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[@reneezamora2465]

Watch the order of ingredients, the yeast should be away from the salt and the water. That is why you make a little well or dimple in the flour to put the yeast.

[@delladearest2511]

Ok then when is salt added?

[@angeltaylor2244]

Try after you put in the flour put the sugar on one side of the bread pan the salt on the other side and make a little well in the middle of the flour for the yeast and see if that works better.

[@karendent7307]

BOMDAS for bread machines: Liquids, oil, salt, sugar, flour, yeast (in a well in the top of the flour). Salt kills the yeast/stops it working. @@delladearest2511

[@graceakpanyaasiamah114]

​@angeltaylor2244 my bread machine maker is not mixing the dough

[@traceysallotment2506]

Yeyyyy so pleased it worked for you. I had a nightmare with my bread maker granted we got it free as a handy down but I couldn't get it to produce nice bread 😂 it had two paddle things and one loaf was a disaster so I gave to my dad for thr chickens not realising the paddle was still in the bread ... anyway I had no clue where it went to just flung the machine 😅 then dad found the paddle in the mud in the hen run!!! 😅

[@mumthings]

Oh no! 🤣 the paddles are a right pain aren’t they. It must have been a pretty big machine to have had two! Xx

[@jonap5740]

Whew! I am delighted it worked out in the end. Well done for not giving up. The final loaf, and Ed's, looked delicious.

[@mumthings]

Took me long enough to figure it out 🤣 but I’m glad I did. I use it regularly xx

[@sophiamurry9218]

Nothing more painful then baking something and it goes wrong!! I’ve had many sunken cakes and gave up on bread making years ago 😂 so glad you’ve figured it out after a few attempts. ❤

[@mumthings]

I firmly believe that baking is an art form and I am a better consumer than I am artist 😉 glad it’s not just me! Xx

[@avawestwood9573]

Wow! Thank you so much! I was on my way to the tip with my bread machine! I'm so glad I found this video!!👍and

[@mumthings]

Hope you manage to get a decent loaf out of it! Xx

[@theresaegbuniwe5808]

I am so happy for you as that was a beautiful loaf of bread. Enjoy!

[@allyrooh3628]

Bread is an important thing to master! Good job!!!!

[@marymcdonagh8957]

I use my bread maker to make and prove the dough, then take it out and shape and put in a tin and allow it to rise again, before baking in the oven. You have more control and a better end result. 😊

[@mumthings]

That’s a good use for it! I’d never though of using it that way xx

[@anni4047]

I just tried your recipe and it is delicious!!!😊😊

[@mumthings]

Oh fantastic! Glad it worked for you 😊 cx

[@anitamaney1864]

I have a different Russell Hobbs bread maker and the instructions say that the order of ingredients is very important. Off the top of my head it's yeast first, then flour, then sugar, salt, milk powder, oil, water. Dry first and then the wet. When the ingredients have gone in in that order I get a pretty perfect loaf. 👍

[@sohaibkhan1092]

I want to buy a bread maker and have found the exact same model as this one. Can anyone tell me if it is worth it or should I buy some other company bread machine.

[@ninad5692]

Thanks, that was really interesting, gluten free baking is somewhat of a wild ride I think. My daughter sadly can't eat egg either so I'd have to find another recipe but I've been thinking about getting a bread machine and this actually makes me want one even more!

[@mumthings]

Glad it was interesting! I’ve not tried it with an egg replacer. I wonder how it would work with say a flax egg. I might give it a go at some point xx

[@carolking4124]

Yay! In your defence.. we can discuss spoon measurement abbreviations, which are essentially different orderings of the similar letters: tsp, tbsp. I actually love the German Rye bread but not sure if you can get a Gluten Free one. Thanks for the video

[@mumthings]

I know right! If I’m not wearing my reading glasses it could go either way 🤦🏻‍♀️ sadly rye contains gluten which is a real shame xx

[@super_ted_7371]

That bread looked delicious 😊

[@mumthings]

Thank you, the final version really was! The first two not so much… xx

[@glaskie35]

Omg thank you so so much for your trial and error of gluten-free bread making I'm so grateful I stumbled across your page because I was so close to chucking out my bread machine 😅 I'm going to make a loaf tonight so fingers crossed it works 🙏x

[@mumthings]

Ooh how did it go? The recipe I used at the end has still been working brilliantly for me. I make it regularly. Make sure to add enough xantham gum! Xx

[@glaskie35]

I did it on Thursday evening and can honestly say thank you so much it turned out delicious, really tasty and nothing like the store bought at all..🤤 The only thing I did wrong was put it on the fast bake setting, it could've done with being on slightly longer as it was a little bit undercooked and pale but we still ate it lol. I think I'm sensitive to yeast though, I got a few little niggles after eating it but nothing major thankfully Do you substitute the yeast for Xantham gum? I also saw you in the UK too. You should try Lynas food service for the bulk gluten free flour it's brilliant and only £6 for 3kg tub. xx

[@mumthings]

I’m so glad it worked for you! It’s a relief when you finally get something resembling actual bread isn’t it 🤣 sadly no, the xantham gun is just to replicate the texture from gluten so it stops the bread being crumbly. If you’re allergic to yeast too I would recommend looking into unleavened breads like flat breads. Or maybe Irish soda bread? It’s made with baking soda instead of yeast and has quite a distinctive taste. Thanks for the tip with the bulk flour! Xx

[@glaskie35]

Oh do you think we could alter this recipe with the baking soda instead of the yeast and see how it goes 🙏🙂

[@santhompson6738]

Brilliant video once again, I really enjoy them, I’ve been humming and harring about getting a breadmaker as my partner ‘thinks’ he maybe gluten intolerant, perhaps I will try making some in the food processor and oven first 🤔 xx

[@mumthings]

Thank you! I would say the two recipes are very similar in outcome so definitely try the food processed / oven version and see if you like it before investing. If you’re a fan of Facebook market place there always seems to be loads of second hand machines for sale xx

[@paranoidgenius9164]

Personal experience - Tip - If the buttons don't respond to your input before the machine begins kneading the ingredients together, press & hold the "start\stop" button until it beeps once. When you use number 3 setting to make whole wheat bread, when starting the program, it looks like it's not doing anything, all you can hear is the clicking of the thermostat. This is normal & there's no reason to worry 🙂👍

[@anthonytaylor8672]

I've never seen a toddler walk down a hallway as quiet as the one in your video. The bread must be awesome.

[@mumthings]

Haha! Yes I did take it as a compliment from her

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

At the end of your kneading cycle you can take the dough out and remove the paddle, that will make a very small hole instead of that big gouge the paddle leaves.

[@methanoid]

I wouldnt think MumThings would be my sort of channel but.. somehow I subscribed. Plan to make Keto bread. Good practical review video. Well done.

[@mumthings]

Thank you so much! Xx

[@watermelon7998]

I'm glad you didn't give up! so smart to have figured out "machine: yes, recipe: no" by the company! It should be against he law to abbreviate tablespoon and teaspoon like that, it should be tablesp, teasp...

[@mumthings]

I’m relieved we got there in the end! It really is dump and go which is great. Whoever came up with the abbreviations clearly didn’t actually bake themselves xx

[@ZenDreaming60]

It’s simple “Tablespoon” has both a capital T and if using the lower case t…. tablespoon has the “B/b” and a teaspoon DOESN’T and I am pretty sure the person who came up with those words and abbreviations was most definitely a baker!! We learned this in grade school!! Schools really need to bring back Home Economics!

[@markgarrett2968]

have made an attempt at 6 loafs french bread so far last recipe i used was a tweak of the one in the book that came with machine. recipe called for 4 cups flour,1and half cup water. teaspoon salt and one n half teaspoon yeast. all loafs were dense as heck! so the sixth loaf i used slightly under 4 cups flour,very slightly more water,same amount of salt and 2 teaspoons yeast. i also turned up temperature in house to 72. was at 68 (dont know if that really helped) but..... the loaf came out very nice. not dense and it rose significantly higher. i also monitored the kneading process throughout the first 5 doughs were dry and hard. the sixth came together nice as a ball,and was a lot softer.

[@mumthings]

The climate in the house definitely affects it I think. You do need to use more or less flour depending on how dry the climate is, the yeast won't do so much if it's too cold etc. Definitely a bit of an art form! Glad you stuck with it and found what worked :) xx

[@Lindasinish]

Curious about your yeast measuring. It looks like you may not be using a level amount, but perhaps a slightly heaped amount. I'm still learning and folks and recipes have been urging to use the flat edge of a knife to level the yeast in the measuring spoon. By the way, I love your green hair.

[@mumthings]

I find the yeast is pretty self levelling, It will have been a mostly level tea spoon. But I will admit I'm a better cook than I am a baker, following specific recipes with chemistry like precision is not my forte xx

[@user-hj6ie3hp1l]

Dry to wet ingredients are about in the golden ratio >> 5:3 >> 1.6x multiplier roughly But the most important thing is to watch the porthole and see if the dough needs more flour or more liquid during the first 10 mins or so...

[@a1white]

Making gluten free is really tricky, in a Breadmaker, so this video is really helpfull to see it is possible. Nice one

[@mumthings]

Thanks! Xx

[@martinpip8212]

What brand of yeast are you using, i have different results with different yeast

[@mumthings]

That would make sense, like how different strains of yeast have different results in brewing. I’m not sure if the brand as my mum and I bought a kilo of gluten free yeast in bulk ages ago and split it (I keep it in the freezer) xx

[@digitalphoenix72]

Gluten free would be hard to start on out the gate. Did you ever perfect your gluten free loaf in the machine?

[@mumthings]

Yes the recipe at the end is what I use on a weekly basis now 😊 xx

[@sauravkumar-ti6zt]

Can I use a baking powder instead of yeast ??

[@mumthings]

It probably would taste the same. I know some people have yeast allergies so they must use something else. Perhaps try googling yeast free bread recipes? I’ve never tried it myself I’m afraid. Good luck! Xx

[@jackio46]

I love making bread (stress relief) and tried a bread machine, hated the ever present paddle in the middle hole.

[@mumthings]

It’s a pain isn’t it! I’ve not tried fishing it out during the proving stage but I might give it a go. Totally get how it would be good stress relief doing it properly though xx

[@whiteshadow1976]

After have seen the video in full id guess that yeast was a little bit old on the first 2 loafs? The third loaf you used a new batch of yeast and voila it worked out way better!

[@mumthings]

It’s a good guess but no. Same yeast, same giant bag, I just refill the little Tupperware to keep in my fridge door for ease 😊 xx

[@jimyost2585]

Back in the 90's a friend's mom got one of those bread makers and she started making lots of loaves of bread, and within about six months the whole family started having symptoms of candida albicans, caused by the bread yeast. So she quit making the breads.

[@mumthings]

How weird!

[@keepdancingmaria]

Candida is a yeast that feeds on sugars, bread and other starches are the same as sugars to the yeast. Candida does not feed on bread yeast. But it does feed on bread sugars. So the family suddenly were eating lots of bread, and that was feeding the candida. The bread yeast was just there, along for the ride, getting the blame.

[@sophiamurry9218]

You will never forget your tsp from your tbsp 😂

[@mumthings]

No, never!! 🤣 xx

[@sauravkumar-ti6zt]

If we don't use yeast, what will be the result ? I brought the machine today and made the bread with plain flour, it didn't cooked nice

[@mumthings]

Oh it won’t work at all without yeast. It’s the yeast feeding off the sugar and producing CO2 that makes it rise. Without it it wouldn’t really be bread. I’ve had much better luck with bread flour rather than plain flour. Good luck, I’m sure you’ll find a recipe you like for it 😊 xx

[@malibuhiegts]

You can make your own yeast, there is a few vids on yt, if your avoiding yeast then probably flat breads would be better

[@AshleyBrayson]

I'm using your bread recipe right now. This will be my 2nd loaf in my bread maker that I had for my birthday last week. The 1st loaf was a disaster. 2 hours to go!

[@mumthings]

Fingers crossed it works for you! I made a gluten free loaf using this recipe this morning and it was great (the whole loaf is gone) xx

[@AshleyBrayson]

Fantastic, I'll let you know as soon as it's baked. @@mumthings

[@AshleyBrayson]

It turned out great! More 'cakey' than yours though. I think I may need to tweak the settings for mine.

[@paranoidgenius9164]

I have a black one of these, I followed the instructions precisely never having made bread. I couldn't believe the results expecting failure first thing, but it didn't fail! I'm at one with my bread maker. I find it hilarious watching the dough twerking especially when it kneads dough to make the biggest loaf!😂 Making The biggest loaf, when removing the loaf from the tin just by turning the tin over & patting the tin, the loaf should just slide out of the tin leaving the paddle in place, but making the smallest loaf, you have to dig out the paddle from the loaf, I'm very glad I invested in this, it's cool!😊❤👍 When you make gluten free bread, do you not add milk powder because that contains gluten?🤔 I use digital scales to measure out the more miniscule ingredients. I think companies like Russell Hobbs that build appliances that handles food for consumption have to follow health guidelines when creating recipes, personal recipes follow preference that is not deemed as following the healthy lifestyle guidelines.

[@mumthings]

I'm so glad your machine is working well for you! I think the recipes they provide are a great starting point, but half the fun is tweaking things to your own taste. I've never seen a recipe that uses milk powder to be honest. I'd probably give it a go, I wouldn't think milk powder would have gluten in it. It's just milk I think? xx

[@paranoidgenius9164]

@@mumthings I'm from the UK & I hope you can get the ingredients where you live, because I would like to tell you what I'm baking. Cadburys Flake Chocolate bread loaf! 1. Soy Milk (40 seconds in the microwave) 2. Olive Oil 3. Caster Sugar 4. Salt 5. White self raising flour 6. Yeast 7. 2x Crushed up Chocolate flake (add this when the beeper tells you to add additional ingredients during kneading process)🙂 The latter was a modified recipe of how to bake the basic white small loaf, which was included in the instruction manual.

[@donvalderath4308]

Water has a specific gravity of 1, so 350g = 350ml.

[@ianbarnes961]

It's probably slightly different for milk, but I weigh that, too. Has to be more accurate than the printed scale on a measuring jug...

[@kennethmaney914]

I've had an old Pacific bread maker for years. I put in water and a bread mix and perfect white loaf every time, They don't make these anymore and I'm surprised no one has continued the great makers. I'm dreading it breaks down. I've tried others, but as most of them are made with a fixed computer chip inside that has never seemed to work. I no longer look for a replacement.when will manufacturers learn ..make it simple and stick to maybe 3 programs like mine. It has a wholemeal and a french setting but I never use them as I don't like either bread.

[@mumthings]

Hopefully it’s got a lot of life left in it! They definitely don’t make ‘em like they used to xx

[@davidbarr832]

I have problems with recipes short on the water measurements.

[@mumthings]

I’ve seen people say the water needs to vary based on your altitude and humidity xx

[@davidbarr832]

@mumthings that is what I have seen also. So I check when it is mixing and add if doesn't look right.

[@fargo52]

hi mum hows your bread making coming along ? xx

[@mumthings]

I will be honest and say I’ve not done as much as I’d like recently but I’m hoping life calms down a bit as the baby gets a bit older! Xx

[@decluttering-queen1898]

Bravo. 😊x

[@mumthings]

Thank you 🤣 we got there in the end xx

[@decluttering-queen1898]

❤️❤️😘

[@mcwolfbeast]

I actually have that very bread maker and it's a breeze!

[@mumthings]

Now I’ve been using it a few months I think it’s fab! Hasn’t let me down once since I cracked the recipe xx

[@shaneqrp]

We've got that machine. The recipes are rubbish. We had a Swan bread maker before and I tried those recipes and they work perfectly. The program numbers are different though.

[@mumthings]

Oh I will have to Google the Swan recipes. Thanks for the tip! Xx

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

HA! $285.00 US dollars on Amazon right now. That's 223 English pounds. I got a Kitchen in the box Bread Maker for Christmas and I like it better than my Hamilton Beach, which isn't bad.

[@barbaramatthews4735]

I bought one this week at Goodwill for $15. I made my first loaf today. It was just OK. I need to work on my recipe. It did come out, though. The bright side is that I didnt burn down the kitchen.

[@chrisjones3901]

Oh heck I nit weigh my water I measured 350ml

[@fargo52]

remember mum salt kills yeast so kept them separate

[@mumthings]

Ooh good tip! Thank you xx

[@cheskydivision]

Make the dough in the machine and bake in the regular oven.

[@mumthings]

That would be a good way of doing it, but I like the convinience of dumping everything in and walking away till it beeps. I really should try fishing out the blade after it's done mixing xx

[@ChavJag]

Your hair s fab :-)

[@mumthings]

Thanks! xx

[@joesimone3635]

You have some toxic mold on your head or something, you should get that checked out by a professional.

[@mumthings]

Incurable apparently 🤷‍♀️