10 June 2025

Taking a break from bread baking

My battle with my bread machine has not seen any progress. The bread still comes out too flat. And I was a bit tired of it now. I decided to take a break and buy a commercial loaf. If it would have been a working day I would've bought it from Dylan’s; they sell good stuff. But I'm not in Menai Bridge during the weekend, so I decided to go to Moel y Ci instead. I seemed to remember they sell good loaves as well.

Moel y Ci

When I got there on an overly wet Saturday morning I saw the only bread they had was from Becws Môn, who also stock my corner shop. But I think these choose different products to sell. I got a seeded sourdough, and I don't think my Londis sells that. So, still worth biking through the heavy rain for that.


It’s a big loaf so it will keep me going for days. And then I’ll be back at it. I will resume my baking and my battle. My next plan of action is to contact the manufacturer. I am also considering seeing if I can just buy another secondhand one. Clearly not all bread machines make bread to my liking, but if they don’t, I can sell them on. I might also bake another loaf in the old machine as a short term fix. This is not over! But at least I now had a weekend off normal-sized sandwiches…

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