Product Review - Panasonic SD - 254 Breadmaker

This is the breadmaker that we got as a wedding gift!! Thank you! I love this thing. I used to make bread, as there is NOTHING like the smell of fresh bread but it always took so long and there is just nowhere in our current house that was warm enough to leave the dough to rise. My bread making life has changed since getting this machine!!! Let's go through the basics. It is pretty much just a drum with a removalable pan where the bread is made. The lid lifts up so you can get it in and out! It essentially works like this: put in ingredients close lid select loaf size, bake type and crust colour. press go That's it! It IS as easy as that.

This particular model allows you to make three different sizes of loaf: Medium, Large and X Large. If you want to do smaller loaves or rolls there is a setting for just making the dough allowing you to then remove the dough and shape it yourself! It can cook various styles of bread: basic, french, italian, sandwich, gluten free, pizza and bake only. So far I have tried basic and sandwich, both have been excellent. The machine is also capable of making bread with ingredients, with this model you must add the ingredients yourself, but the unti beeps to let you know when it is time. The machine can be placed on a timer so, pop the ingredients in the machine before bed, set the timer, warm fresh bread ready for breakfast!! We have tried that and it works wonders, it was great to come down the stairs in the morning to the smell of freshly cooked bread!! The unit is also capable of making cakes although I have yet to try out this facility but no fear I shall let you know how it turns out. All in all I love this machine, and it is certainly a welcome addition to my kitchen toys!!!