Helen, I have a Breville here in the UK. It was one of the earliest makes available. I got it in January cos I had some vouchers for Debenhams and the only thing I saw that I wanted was the machine. I mainly do granary in it and I haven't tried the dough yet. It's great! I used to try the "proper" way, but my own made bread/pastry was one of the excuses I gave for taking up salt dough; it was only of use to the building trade! I figured that if my baking was inedible, I might as well try and do something else with it! Rock-hard ornaments seemed a good idea.

My neighbour makes all her bread by hand. She makes any kind of bread that you could think of, and you can't tell the difference from professionally made. If there's ever a get-together among our little group, she often offers to make some. I haven't a clue how she does it. She once gave me her basic recipe and it still turned out like, well, wadding!

Andrea (aka Mouldy Old Dough)