Morphy Richards 48268 Fastbake Breadmaker

Forgive my cynicism but the other two reviews read as though they were written by the morphy richards marketing team! The breadmaker is easy to use and does produce good quality loaves. We have had ours for about 14 months and it has been used regularly as we run a B&B in a relatively remote part of Scotland and make all our own bread for guests so during the season we use it at least once a day, every day, and sometimes twice a day. There are two disdavantages. The kneading paddle does mean that you cannot use the full loaf and it does leave a hole - like all breadmakers - in the base of the loaf so that you can lose up to 1" ...  Read the complete review

I love the smell of fresh baked bread and the taste but dont have time in a morning to go to the supermarket where they bake there own bread fresh every day so i brought this bread maker. This bread maker has a lot of settings and can even make jam. It has a fast bake setting, french bread setting, fruit loaf setting, cake bread setting, a setting where you can set the bread maker to come on in the night so that your bread is freshly baked for you when you wake up and it can even be used to mix your cake mixes. It takes less than 2 hours to use most of the settings, fast bake is my favorite as it is the quckest at 1 hour 15 ...  Read the complete review

Very stylish and fantastic bread maker. My first loaf turned out rather dissapointing but it was my fault I did not follow the instructions. My second loaf was amazing ate half straight away. I am rather excited. As to the hole left...... who cares, what do people want from a machine that does everything for you. I would recommend this to anyone. A male perspective from Ottawa, Canada. Wish we could get more Morphy Richards products here it really is quite limited. I love the stainless look and compact design looks really good in my kitchen and the smell is amazing takes me back to my childhood when Mom (God rest her soul) would make 3 or 4 loaves and the complain that ...  Read the complete review

The Specifications **************** * Stainless Steel.6 * 600 watts. * Compact brushed stainless steel design. * Bakes a 1lb, 1.5lb and 2lb loaf. * Choice of 12 programmes. * Makes cake and jam. * Light, medium and dark crust settings. * Fast bake setting - bakes a loaf in 70 minutes. * 13 hour programmable timer. * Large viewing window. * Alarm to add fruit and nuts. * Unique kneading paddle drops down during bread making cycle - perfect loaves for slicing. * Automatic keep warm for 60 minutes. * Cool touch. * Includes measuring cup, spoon and recipe/instruction booklet. Design ...  Read the complete review

We've had our Morphy Richards 48268 Fastbake for a week or so now, but we are disappointed with it. We bought it on the strength of reviews in Which? Our daughter was fed up when she saw this review because she had recently bought a Panasonic breadmaker and would have gone for the Morphy Richards if she had seen the Which? review in time. But we now think she made the right choice. My first quarrel is with the bread recipes in the instruction booklet. These specify sugar by the tablespoonsful. Now, traditional bread making in Britain and in Europe does not use sugar, except possibly a teaspoonful to start the yeast. All my life I've made and eaten bread ...  Read the complete review