Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #174427 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Panasonic
• Model: SD253
• Released on: 2004-05-26

Customer Reviews

The COMPLETE answer to your own fresh breads, no expertise required or the need for an expensive cookbook - it's all HERE!
`Successful bread making is an art, requiring good quality ingredients, plus time and energy, due to the importance of thorough kneading.
`The Panasonic Automatic Bread Bakery' is therefore ideal for anyone who has been discouraged from making their own bread in the past.
Experienced bakers will also enjoy using this automatic way of making their family favourites.
One of the main advantages is that the most tiresome element of bread making, i.e. kneading, is completely automatic, leaving you time to spare and no dishes left to wash, because the pre-programmed cycle all takes place in the same pan. In addition, our automatic raisin nut dispenser will drop your choice of dried fruit/nuts into the dough at the precise time during kneading, so that there is nothing left for you to do after pressing the start pad.'

It took me some months of research and reading the Amazon reviews, before I was convinced that this wouldn't be another 5 minute wonder bound for a cupboard, like the `gadgets', Tom Norrington-Davies hints at in his book, `Cupboard Love'!

Simply choose your recipe, place the ingredients in the non-stick bread pan, using the measuring spoon and jug included, select the options for your chosen loaf, switch it on and off it goes! You can even time it to come on and cook at a later stage in the day.......in time for tea, or breakfast!

Gluten free program included along with a `dough' option and a `bake only' option.
Easy to clean and not too cumbersome.

The 50-page booklet is an operating instruction guide and cookery book combined.

The first part includes `Safety Instructions`, `Basic Principles`, and `Baking with your `Bread Bakery ', `Care & Cleaning' and `Baking Tips`
The `Recipe Section' is so concise that I can honestly say you will not need to go to the further expense of buying a dedicated `bread machine cookery book`!

Pages 25-46 are split into the following sections:-

Basic White
Basic Brown
Whole Wheat
French
Italian
Sandwich
Gluten Free
Dough
Cakes and Teabreads

Within each section are a number of recipes which are as simple as a `rapid loaf', `milk loaf`, `white sandwich loaf' or a `malted loaf' to the more sophisticated sounding `Anchovy and Sundried Tomato loaf', `Banana and Muesli loaf', `Mushroom and Pancetta' or the `Spicy Fruit' loaf, from the `gluten free' section.

It finishes with a `troubleshooting guide' which covers every possible less than perfect outcome and suggests a solution for the next time, from why your bread might not have risen properly to how you can keep your crust crusty!

Bread heaven
Having read all the reviews for various breadmakers first I decided eventually to purchase the Panasonic. I was a complete bread-making novice but have found this machine to be my new best friend. Its so simple to use, and I've never had a bad loaf from it. You can either buy all the separate ingredients, or for speed I sometimes buy the ready-made packets of granary loaf, tomato and parmesan etc, just empty into the tin, add water, set the dial and it can be ready in 2 hours. The smell throughout the house is fantastic and the warm bread is absolutely delicious. My family love my new toy nearly as much as I do. I'd definitely recommend it.

simple the best
I was not sure about buying one of these but tempted because of the fresh bread that I so desperatly wanted...I thought... would it end up in the 'kitchen gadget' cupboard...well I have bought one...and it will not end up in the cupboard it definately will be used ..because its the best item I have ever purchased...I'm an OAP.. and found it very easy to use...the bread is absolutley delicious...made apricot,pecan and hazel nut bread..and cinnamon and mixed fruit bread ...today granary...all have been perfect...young mothers give your kids a treat...pensioners go back to the memouries of the olden days...a loaf of bread works out to about 50p a loaf...but you know whose has made it and when!!!...fantastic machine...10/10