Product Information
The Breville Custom Loaf Bread Maker, as its name suggests, is a multi-function and versatile appliance that can be used to make bread and a selection of loaves. Feature packed, the bread maker produces loaves in four different sizes and the appliance is easy to program and use. Constructed from robust and durable stainless steel, the bread maker can also be used to create gluten and yeast-free loaves in addition to crusty bread.
+1 for the SD02501 - fantastic machine, price point below what I would pay.
Think I paid $180 for my sd-2501.
I literally came to this thread to make this same comment. The SD2501 is freaking insane. Amazing breadmaker.
Top ranked breadmaker on productreview with 4.5 stars.
Bought the BBM800 for $230 from Myer three years ago, and it came with a free electric knife.
I was going be a baker, but I couldn't raise the dough. :(
What do you put in the flour mixture?
…..at yeast you tried.
You don't need to be a baker to make a loaf of bread. You can find tons of good recipes on Youtude,
he's not sour about it dough
Bought a Panasonic sd2501 about 6 years ago and still in excellent condition. Add a teaspoon of bread improver will make the bread extra soft.
Also have the Panasonic for the last couple of years, no problems at all. Haven't had a dud loaf yet.
Also +1 for sd-2501… But the biggest key to making great bread is the proper flour.
It's really just protein levels in the flour which creates a gluten structure.
Even our AP flour is 11% and bakers flour 13%. You'd struggle to see the difference in 2%.
You'd be better with a biodynamic organic flour such as Powlett hill if you're looking for something healthy and fancy.
You'd pay about $9 a loaf at a bakery for something like that
I bought a Panasonic last year for $15 on scumtree. Works perfectly.
Moral of this cool story (bro) - Bread makers are one of the most unused "gifts" known to mankind. You can usually find someone on Scumtree trying to flog one cheap.
So it's the modern day equivalent of the Digital Photo frame?
Our $$$ breadmaker was used less than half a dozen times before putting it out (complete with original box, manual etc) at subsequent garage sale/laneway sale events. I think we ended up giving it to someone as a bonus item when they bought a $5 pot plant. 😂
Breadmakers are right up there with foot spas and $49 vacuum cleaners for landfill fodder….unless you repurpose it.
Have used ours almost 2nd daily during lockdowns in the last 6 months.
I doubled-down on purchases from our local independent (2-person) bakery to help keep them going ;-)
Which Panasonic did you buy? The SD-2501? If so you got yourself a bargain of a lifetime.
No an older SD-200. Works great though! I don’t care for bells and whistles, I just want it to do the basics well which it does.
I'm assuming the internals are all non stick finishes?
Do these ever wear and start peeling off? Kinda like similar happens to rice cookers.
The difference is you'll actually use the rice cooker for long enough/often enough for the non-stick finish to start deteriorating.
No, you just have to watch you don't scratch the n/s coating. As most of the bowls are square, some of the dry ingredients don't always get mixed in properly and stick in the corners, and if you leave them they end up on the outside of the finished loaf.
So, I use a soft plastic stick to move the dry mix stuck on the sides, back into the dough ball being spun around by the paddle mixer.
Almost bought this with a laser toner, good thing I read the description first.
On another note, Breville has done a minimum of 25% covid tax.
They're the only company to have done this and quite frankly, their products aren't worth this!
I bought a BFP800BAL for $340 last year with a RRP of $460. Now RRP is $580. But this is across the board of appliances.
This bread machine had a RRP of $330 and now it's RRP $439.
Crikey, these have gone stupidly expensive just like web cams.
I bought a Breville very similar years ago for $150 ish.
Don't pay this much for a bread-maker, as people have said get a secondhand one or a cheapo from Aldi. If you persevere with it, it will be one of the most used appliances you buy.
At first it does seem a lot of faff just to make some bread, but it's like anything, the more you use it, the quicker you get at making loaves.
After using it 30+ times, it takes no more than 5 mins to get a new loaf prepared.
With very cheap ingredients- tepid water, milk-powder, oil, sugar, salt, flour and yeast, the machine quickly pays for itself and there is nothing like the smell of freshly baking bread wafting throughout the house. It takes longer to wash the parts and pack it away.
I also experiment adding other stuff like quinoa seeds, crushed pistachios, crushed pecans, coconut, etc just for fun.
Often I use the bread-maker to just mix the dough which is a chore if doing it by hand. When the machine has finished mixing, I stretch the dough out into tubes and make my own french sticks, which take 15mins in the oven and are just as nice as shop bought ones.
Got miy breadmaker off scumtree for $50 back when the first wave hit. It’s had a good workout during the second wave in Melbourne and I’ll continue to use it. This is my failsafe white bread recipe.
https://juliasalbum.com/how-to-make-basic-white-bread-less-d…
My recipe is even easier (in this order)
1 packet dry yeast
500gm BREAD flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons milk powder
1 tablespoon sugar (can leave this out)
330-350ml water (depends on flour)
Setting 1, XL size, light colour
I’ll try the milk powder. Do you sift the flour to make it lighter?
Do ovens not function anymore? Have they lost the ability to bake?
It not just the baking though, the machines do all the kneading.
And who wants a hot oven adding additional heat inside the house on red-hot summer days?
(not everyone has air-con)
Saves electricity too and less heat for an air-con to fight, potentially saving electricity again.
If your oven is heating up your house, your oven may be not completely sealed. Might want to have it checked it. Also window and fan is a cost effective way to circulate air. Not everyone has air con.
I can relate…the thing I always hated about our dumped bread machine was the tin shape…it simply didnt work well for us. the shape is terrible to cut thin slices, slices are too big, crusts too thick (even with heavier flour). the lack of custom kneading functions/interval was a downside too, thus not great for sourdoughs!
I personally never bake bread in a breadachine, just use it to knead the dough and rise it.
You'd get better results in the oven in a proper bread tin with lid.
https://directbakery.com.au/index.php?route=product/product&…
I paid $220 for mine. Worst bread machine ever. Get the Panasonic sd2501 instead.
Source: baker.
This Breville covid tax of 25% is obscene!!!