There is nothing better to wake up to than the smell of freshly baked bread.  I have been baking my own bread for years now.  When my son was born he had alot of allergies. This meant I had to look differently at some items I brought for sheer convenience reasons, like bread, cakes, biscuits etc.

I decided then that I would start making my own bread.  That way I knew exactly what ingredients were within the bread.   After weeks of making bread completely from scratch, I decided to treat myself, I brought a Morphy Richards Bread Maker. That was 16 years ago and I have to say that this bread maker is still going strong. We all love it to bits. It is so easy to use and it stands constantly on my kitchen worktop, as I bake every night.  With the handy timer upon my machine we all wake up to the sensational smell of freshly baked bread, as its completes its baking just before we all come down for breakfast.

Today the bread makers are more compact and user friendly.

This Morphy Richards 48245 Compact Breadmaker in White is the up to date version of my own machine.

With some great features including 10 baking programmes for you to use and a handy timer. This bread maker bakes 1lb and 1.5lb loaves which gives you flexibility to bake for any oaccassions with out waste.  Further added features include of a variety of bread crust settings and a unique kneading paddle for perfect shaped loaves too.

Its so easy to use. All you have to do is place the main ingredients of water, milk, oil or butter, sugar, salt, flour & yeast into the bread baking tin provided, using the handy measuring cups and spoons to measure your ingredients.  Set your programme and timer and then sit back and let the bread making machine do all the work for you. 

What I love about these bread making machines is that you can let the machine do as much or as little as you want, for example the machine can just prove the dough only for you.   The machine will knead and prove only after which time you can then take out the dough.  You can then shape and bake the dough accordingly.  Or you can simply let the machine do everything for you, from kneading, proving and baking, it is so very versatile and easy.

We love making fruit loaves and making different varieties, and at an average of 19p per loaf how can you possibly go wrong? Tell me your favourite bread recipe and we can feature a blog on bread recipes in the future for you all.