Cinnamon Raisin Bread

I received this breadmaker as a replacement to our out-of-order Tesco Breadmaker from my mother-in-law a few weeks ago, which i have not been free to explore it. I finally find time to try it for the first time. A little bit introduction of this breadmaker -


This is a Sanyo Breadmaker and you may not find it in the market anymore as it has been kept by my mother-in-law waiting to be passed down at the right time and this it is now ! :D

It comprises all the basic programme selection modes, and only come with simple START and STOP button to make bread. There is a simple display time screen as well as timer setting (if needed).

After browsing the recipe book that comes along, i decided to make cinnamon raisin bread as it looks more nutritious and i have the ingredients ready. Besides, i know my daughter will like it too !

Recipe (in sequence)
3/4 cup filtered water
2 1/4 cup organic high protein flour
1 Tbsp grass-fed butter
1 Tbsp organic molasses sugar
1 tsp himalayan pink salt
1/3 cup organic green raisin
1/3 cup organic cashew nut (roughly chopped)
1 tsp organic active dried yeast

MODE : 7 (sweet)

One thing i realised about this breadmaker is that it doesnt come with different loaf sizes setting, thus recipe adjustment for the loaf size is needed (which included in the recipe book). As the first time user, i made the smallest loaf based on the recipe given. Compared with my previous Tesco Breadmaker, this breadmaker also did not come with crust (dark/medium/light) setting. On another hand, i dont have to wait for the right time to dump in extra nuts and seeds as the recipe instruction shows i just need to put in 'all ingredients' even the extra ones from the beginning (it may not be that bad huh !).

This is so far my findings and there may be more to come. I am missing my Tesco Breadmaker and i still cannot believe it has stop making my proven breads. I came to realised after a few unsuccessful breads even using my failed proof recipes - i found out that the Tesco Breadmaker was not properly heated up when i was using it, thus bread unable to rise or bread turned out to be really hard as rock.

One thing about using breadmaker i realised is that each recipe may or usually customize for that specific bread machine. Thus my previous Tesco Breadmaker's recipes may not be usable for this Sanyo Breadmaker anymore !! It is a big thing for me, though not difficult as i had spent so much time creating the right 'gluten-free' recipe to fit that Tesco Breadmaker usage. For now, i only hope that this breadmaker could take over as to make basic breads for us, which it just did ! Gradually, i may explore or customize various recipes. I would say im satisfied with the cinnamon raisin bread i just made though i still need to make adjustment to the ingredient quantity esp sugary part. I try to do it low / no sugar even with the previous breadmaker and i would do the same and hopefully it turns out well. Keeping my fingers crossed !



UPDATE : I am back using my Tesco breadmaker because this old machine officially gave way when i tried baking it the second time !! :(