Bargin Bread Mix Review

Yeast, Dairy, Wheat and Gluten free – Laucke Meals and Grains Bread Mix.

Right, so this bread mix was an absolute bargain at £1.99 to make two loaves, but I think I know why I got it so cheap.

The mix comes with two 500g packets of the mix in, I made one mix into ‘rolls’ using muffin tins and the other into a loaf.

I’m not going to say it was an absolute disaster, like it did still make bread at the end of the day. But it isn’t the best looking bread I’ve made by far and the flavour and texture aren’t quite what I would like them to be (bare in mind, I have being living off Beyond Bread ciabattas for the past few days). On the upside, it was very easy to make and produced very minimal washing up – just as long as you line the tins with loaf or cupcake liners.

I oiled the tin pretty well but they still became welded to it. I made the others in our stone muffin tray which worked really well.

Flavour

Let’s say – not to my liking. The brand is Australian I think, much to my surprise (only just realised the map on the front). The flavour reminded me very much of bread I had in American. It is very sweet and very different to an English loaf. I probably should have done a bit more research about the mix before using up both packets, I found this review on the Lakeland website…

I think this would definitely improve the flavour, so definitely worth doing if you make the mix.

Texture

Well, it doesn’t fall apart or crumble!! On the whole the texture is actually pretty good, it is light and bubbly although the ‘rolls’ were very chewy and a bit rubbery. It slices well and as normal with gluten free bread, I would recommend having it warm or toasted. I prefer the texture of the loaf a lot more than the ‘rolls’.

Beauty

Not its best feature. I would say its a 2/10, and that is being generous. It is definitely not the best looking bread and I am not sure how much you can do to change that without compromising on the texture. Maybe a light milk or egg wash before putting it in the oven – perhaps using a spray bottle, spraying it on to avoid loosing the air bubbles.

Want to try it yourself? The mix is available at Lakeland, there is also a plain white loaf version available. Both are £4.29, that works out to be just over £2 a loaf which for a 750g loaf is actually very good. Although my first hesitations, I think I may have actually changed my mind. I think I might give it another, try with the flavour alterations and a wash of some kind to see how it turns out. I really didn’t expect to conclude this blog post like that.