You have decided that Breadmakers might be a good choice for you, or as a gift for a friend or family member. If there is sufficient room on the kitchen worktops for it to remain 'on duty' full time... it will be a brilliant buy.

Imagine the smell of fresh baked bread either as a breakfast treat, or at any other time of day for that matter.

The smell of freshly baked bread, and the scent of real coffee used to be sited as the best ways to make potential buyers fall in love with your property. It is a truly lovely smell... and makes you feel really hungry!

Of course, todays breadmakers do a lot more than bake bread if you want them to... they are extremely good at making jam and cakes too.

Todays best breadmaker will do everything, APART from weigh and add the ingredients [or buy them]!

There are three MUST DO's...

• You must buy the very best ingredients, and use them whilst they are extremely fresh.
• You must add the ingredients in the order stated in your recipe book.
• You must weigh the ingredients VERY carefully, there will be teaspoons, tablespoons, scoops, and scales involved... read all instructions extremely carefully.

ALL breadmakers come with instructions, and they are all very different, and use different weighing methods. Once you are used to your own particular model... it will all seem VERY simple.

Note: there are some really good bread mixes available nowadays... if you have a Lakeland Plastics shop near you, I recommend their Australian bread mixes, the mixed grain one is delicious.

Nowadays the best breadmakers come with what may be called 'Pause' or 'Delay' start timers. My own model, no longer available, comes with a 15 hour delay.

These delay start timers mean that, once you are adept at using your machine, you will be able to sort out how to have bread ready for breakfast, or when you return from work... or any other convenient time.

My machine's instructions for using the timer state... "always add carefully measured ingredients in the correct sequence: liquids, salt, dry ingredients and yeast. The yeast must always be kept away from the liquid and the salt when using the timer."

When first setting out on your breadmaking adventure, stick rigidly to the machine's manual and recipes... you can experiment later.

Bread does not like extremes of temperature... and likes everything warm, unlike 'cold prefering' pastry. For better bread, once you are a professional breadmaker user... use a maximum of 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon of best Olive Oil, and 1/2 a teaspoon of yeast for a medium loaf.

The breadmaker which is the most popular in most tests is the Panasonic SD253 which has loads of programmes, including one especially for gluten free bread making... if you, or anyone you know is allergic to gluten then this one feature alone will be a real boon.

The Panasonic SD252 is a cheaper alternative, with fewer programmes... and, if you want to go for an even cheaper alternative then the Morphy Richards Cooltouch Fastbake 48280 is an extremely well respected choice, and remarkably good value for money, though I believe it does not make such large loaves as the others.

As for suppliers of the bread makers of choice, why not try the following online sources? Electrical goods should be significantly cheaper if you order them online.

Let me make a few recommendations...

I have looked round about twenty Electrical Shops online, these were some of the only ones to come out well in all the criteria I judged them on... Do check out their online prices, they are significantly cheaper than the in-store prices. I bought the more expensive Panasonic and am utterly delighted with it and the delicious bread it makes!

Argos now stock a selection of good breadmakers in their new catalogue.

Then try the Co-op Electrical Shop you can obtain both the value for money Morphy Richards Fastbake 48280 and sometimes the cheaper Panasonic.

Littlewoods catalogue now also stocks the Morphy Richards model, just click the link for... Over 35,000 Great Value items, for you, your family and your home at Littlewoods Direct. Type 'breadmakers' into the search box on site to view their range.

Finally there is 24-7Electrical... there you should choose Home Appliances, Small Kitchen Appliances, then in the Category search box you choose Breadmakers... there is quite a choice available at good prices, both Panasonics from our list were available the last time I checked.

Tesco... sometimes stock breadmakers in their Electricals & DIY section, find the Kitchen & Home area, choose Small Kitchen Appliances... then breadmakers. But, please note, their stock changes extremely rapidly!

Enjoy your baking!

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