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Panasonic breadmaker SD254 | 
 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: Kitchen
List Price: £79.99
Buy Refurbished: £69.99
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Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 117
Media: Kitchen & Home
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16.3
Dimensions (in): 15.8 x 14.3 x 12.7
MPN: SD254
Model: SD254
EAN: 5025232412051
ASIN: B000QV07C4
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | PANASONIC BREAD MAKER | | • | IN WHITE | | • | 550W POWER OUTPUT | | • | 2 HOUR RAPID BAKE |
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Product Description
Bake fresh breads in your own kitchen with the SD-254WXC from Panasonic. Your friends will be delighted!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 excellent bread , with wholemeal that is light and airy!!!!! December 25, 2007
gadget girl (sussex)
62 out of 62 found this review helpful
takes a bit of geting used to in that the programmes are long but the wait is worth it, the basic white bread has a very light and crisp crust, the sandwich recipe is sooooo soft its almost criminal. but the best is the wholemeal bread its so light and soft, my breadman pro produced a passible wholemeal but this is dare i say perfect, i replaced a perfectly working machine with this one and felt a little silly doing so but the money was worth it ,the bread is so much better. i have had alot of breadmakers konk out on me after a year mostly because the spindle the paddle sits on gives out, but on this breadmaker its replacable without having to buy a whole new breadpan.i have hope that this one will be the one that lasts ,ill update if it doesnt. the only thing i dont like is its so quiet i cant here when the machine does the last mix so i can take the paddle out thus no hole in the bread ,and the finish beep needs to be louder but thats a small complaint. probably the best machine ive bought BUY ONE!!.ps you dont need the other model sd255 unless you make ryebread or really feel the need for a nut dispenser! its the only difference.
if you need a book to go with it order this one its the best ive found for breadmakers ,The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook
Fantastic gorgeous bread every time - Buy One January 7, 2008
joc66 (United Kingdom)
83 out of 84 found this review helpful
This is my second breadmaker, I've already written a review for my first one (another brand) and given that five stars because it was pretty good. However, since I've had this one, I now realise that breadmakers can be better than pretty good, they can be absolutely magnificent, fantastic, wonderful, marvellous ... (need I go on?)
I bought this because it was at a very good price on Amazon because I had heard a lot about Panasonic being the best, and I knew that I would use it because I was in the habit of making bread every day.
So, you are probably wondering, why is this one so much better? Well, quite simply, it makes better bread, lighter, less 'spongey', tastier and absolutely gorgeous. Each programme takes longer than the equivalent programme on my other machine - for example, to get a 'basic' white loaf (not basic at all in my opinion!) you have to wait 4 hours, and for a wholemeal, you need to wait 5 hours. A baker would tell you that the longer time the bread has to 'prove' the better it's quality, and the extra wait if definitely worth it here. You can choose your loaf size in some of the programmes (not all), ranging from medium to extra large. I've tended to use the medium, because the loaf comes out a good shape - with the extra large, the bread comes out quite tall, so you don't get any extra slices, just taller ones. I've noticed that for the same weight of flour I get more slices of bread than with my old machine - this demonstrates that the bread has a 'lighter' texture, but also saves me money.
There are fastbake programmes which knock a couple of hours off each of these cooking times, and the finished result is still pretty good, although it is worth being organised enough to run the full programmes if you can. There are special programmes to make Italian style bread, French bread and to bake cake mixture too if you don't want to put your oven on. (For this it is recommended that you line the pan with baking parchment by the way.) In addition, there are options to make dough, including a special one for making pizza dough or Foccaccia in just 45 minutes. You will never buy another pizza I assure you.
The recipe book supplied with this product is extensive, so far, I've only made a few of the many on offer, but I plan to do more. To make bread, all you do is put the ingredients into the pan in the order in the book - yeast first, then flour, then everything else - many of the recipes include a bit of butter for flavour, texture and crust - but you could use oil instead. My other machine almost always demanded milk powder and the flavour of the bread was nowhere near as good as this bread.
My only recommendation is to buy a really good bread knife, and something in which to store your bread. I've had no problems with the bread being fresh for 2 days and then fine for toast on day 3, and to be honest, it doesn't usually hang around that long around here because it gets eaten (unless I hide it!).
An excellent breadmaker!!! August 23, 2007
G. Smith (London, UK)
88 out of 91 found this review helpful
We bought our first Panasonic breadmaker about seven years ago and it was brilliant but also much more expensive than any you'd buy nowadays, I think it was about 120 from Dickens & Jones in Richmond. We quickly got used to having fresh bread of all types whenever we wanted, so it was a real shock when it finally broke after six years of almost daily use. One of our friends lent us a spare breadmaker they had which was nowhere near as good as the Panasonic so we decided to buy the latest version - half the price of the original and the bread is just as good. We've had it about a week and already feasted on fresh Brioche, Barley bread, wholemeal and lovely crusty white bread - not only are the breads which come out of this machine excellent, you also know there's no additives in them.
So glad I bought this February 7, 2008
G. Hooton (Glasgow)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
Fed up with supermarket bread I decided to take the plunge just over 2 weeks ago. The machine was delivered within 3 days (thanks Amazon) and it lives up to all the other reviews. You need a set of kitchen scales to weigh out the flour but the measures provided for yeast, sugar and salt are excellent. I cam't be bothered weighing out butter but (as the manual says) just measure out olive oil instead. Just make sure that you use Easy Bake type yeast which already contains Vitamin C. I use Hovis. I've tried 70% Wholemeal, 50% Wholemeal, White, Parmesan and Sundried tomato, Green pesto, onion and garlic recipes so far and they have all been perfect. The large (middle-sized loaf) gives me just too much for two lunches (8 slices) so I now make the smallest size for that. The bread pan is totally non-stick and just needs wiping over with a damp cloth - a bit of dough does get stuck to the paddle/spindle but a quick soak in cold water solves that. I was a bit cautious of spending 65 but it has been worth every penny. The recipe/instruction book is excellent and can be viewed online at the Panasonic website. Wish I had taken the plunge many years ago - go on if you are tempted buy it.
Best Kitchen Appliance We Ever Bought February 24, 2008
Mrs. H. J. Willett (Essex)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I purchased the SD254 on reading the reviews. I was totally fed up with normal bread as you always have difficulty spreading anything on it without tearing a hole in it!
The first loaf I made was perfect - using the Basic white recipe. I have also made wholemeal bread and pizza dough. We have also made bread using the rapid setting and this turned out fine - the loaf was tasty and only slightly smaller. It has been used almost every day since we bought it and we have only had one disaster (my own fault for not measuring the ingredients accurately). We have also only once had the blade stick in the bread - this was on the same disaster loaf! We haven't tried making anything which requires raisins etc so I am glad we didn't buy the more expensive SD255.
The only drawback is that the large loaf is quite tall so you only get bigger slices. I haven't tried the ex-large because of this. The medium size is fine for us - 2 adults and 1 child.
I would highly recommend this if you want homemade bread with no effort. It has been well worth the price paid.
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