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Flour
Use fresh, good quality flour. Do not use self-
raising flour.
White Flour
Most large New Zealand milling companies
produce two lines of white flour for the
domestic market. One is finely milled 'weak'
flour which is ideal for sponges, biscuits,
shortbread and short pastry. This type of flour is
labelled as standard or plain flour. The second
is a strong flour which has been designed
for general household baking, including fruit
cakes, loaves, pizzas and bread. These 'strong'
bread making flours are labelled by the two
main milling companies as 'High Grade' and
bread making is listed as a possible use. Some
small independent mills also market 'strong'
flour, labelled as suitable for bread making.
We recommend the use of High Grade or bread
flour for use in Sunbeam breadmakers. White
Flour should be stored in its bag on a cool, dry
airy shelf. If your kitchen is rather steamy and
warm, keep your flour in an airtight container.
Wholemeal
Wholemeal should always be bought in
quantities which can be used up within 8
weeks. Make sure you buy from a shop with a
high turnover. Fresh wholemeal has a pleasant,
almost sweet smell. Wholemeal which has been
kept for too long or which has not been stored
carefully has a sour or rancid smell. Store
your wholemeal in a refrigerator (remember to
allow measured wholemeal to return to room
temperature before using to make bread).
Wholemeal produced from 'stone ground'
organically grown wheat may vary in bread
making quality.
Gluten Flour
Gluten Flour is made from white flour and is
used to increase the size of loaves made from
100% wholemeal flour. Its use is optional.
Yeast
The recipes in this booklet have been designed
to use Edmonds Surebake dried yeast (red
cap on bottle). This yeast mixture contains
'improvers' which ensure excellent results. Elfin
Instant Dried Yeast may also be used instead.
It is recommended that you add 50mg of
vitamin C as an 'improver'. Use 1 ½ teaspoons
of Elfin yeast for 750g and 1kg loaves. Cut a
100mg tablet of vitamin C (not flavoured) in
half. Crush in a dessertspoon with the back
of a teaspoon. Dissolve in the measured warm
water before adding to the bread pan after the
dry ingredients. Use this type of yeast with Elfin
bread premixes (as per the instructions on the
premix packaging).
Sugars
White or brown sugar has been specified in
the recipes in this booklet. Substitute honey,
golden syrup, or treacle in the same amounts
if desired. Do not use molasses as the New
Zealand types may be too strong in flavour.
Stiff honey, golden syrup or treacle should be
warmed until just runny.
Fats
Fats are used to enhance flavour and retain
moisture. Oil is specified in the recipes. Choose
a mild flavoured oil. You may substitute the
same amount of softened butter, margarine or
lecithin granules.
Salt
Iodised New Zealand salt is used in all recipes.
Salt controls the actions of the yeast so do
not omit.
Water
Use warm water or comfortably warm water
(40-46°C). When you dip a finger in the
water, it should feel slightly warm. For delay
start loaves, use cold tap water.
Jam
Instead of Jam Setta, use Jam Setting Mix,
which is available at most supermarkets.
Ingredients to use