Laucke Crusty White Bread Mix

Made the first packet perfectly. Second pack before expiry but yeast did not activate. Very poor instruction on keeping the yeast. Please put one pack per breadmix. Such a waste of time and money Show details

I have only just bought a packet of 4 bags of Crusty White pre-mix after not buying it for at least 6 months. Same issue as before, there is a crunchy texture to the bread, as if it has grains of sand in it & I'm not happy. I stopped buying the supermarket bread because every bread item now has canola oil in it. I have tried other bread recipes I… Read more

got online, to do things from scratch, but not really happy with the texture. So I decided to try again with Laucke, only to be disappointed yet again. Previous packet was bought at a supermarket - this last one was from a bulk foods store.1

Love this mix, it's just perfect! – Laucke Crusty White Bread Mix is my all time favourite and has been for several years. Bread is always made in a Breville bread machine that I've owned for years and it takes less than a minute from deciding to make bread to pressing the start button and the bread is the same every time. Unfortunately this wasn't always the case as I tried Laucke… Read more

some years ago and very disappointed with the results, then at Coles one time it was the only bread mix in stock so decided to give it another whirl.

The bread rises nice and tall, is a smooth texture and of course, quite crusty and perfect with some home made soup, either Curry Butternut Pumpkin, Chicken and Corn or Beef and Vegetables....Yummy!!!

At other times I use the same crusty white mix and add fruit, nuts, spices and honey to make a delicious breakfast bread, specially when lightly toasted. Again, rather yummy!! Fruit is generally, Sultanas, Currants, Cranberry, Crystallised Ginger, Glace Cherries with mostly Pecans or Walnuts plus Almonds, then Cinnamon and/or All Spice, Crushed Ginger and a large tablespoon of Honey. Fruit and nuts depend on what's in the cupboard, never measured as I have been making this variety for so long now that I can judge the amount for a really fruity, nutty loaf. Sometimes I mix a glaze of honey, brown sugar and enough warm water to dissolve the sugar, then brush on top of the loaf after it is removed from the baking container.

Another that was a favourite for a while and which I haven't made recently, was Ginger and Walnut, which was also really nice.

I add 320 ml water to the Crusty White Mix along with the sachet of yeast for perfect results every time. It's so quick, easy and a winner in this house, unfortunately just now during the CoVid19 shutdown it's not available in supermarkets locally and I only had 3 x 500g packs on hand, which of course, have been consumed. Can't wait for it to be restocked again.

UPDATE 2 May 2020....Still no stock at Coles, but Woollies had the 4 x loaf pack (2.4kg) for $10.25.

Useless instructions or poor product? – A while back, Kitchen Collection, my favourite bread mix that I have used in my breadmaker for more than a decade, vanished from the market. So I decided to try Laucke. Bad move. With this mixture, if I follow the instructions in the box, it's impossible to make a bread dough that I can shape into fancy loaves or rolls, rise and bake in the… Read more

oven. The reason - the mixture comes out as SLOP!

I wrote to Laucke for advice, gave them the name and model of my bread maker, and they came back with the identical instructions that are on the box. They sent me a replacement box of bread mix. Today I tried it again. Oh dear!

The result is once again a sloppy mixture that is impossible to knead. So today i had to switch my bread maker to Bake Only so at least I'll salvage something from the wreckage.

As fas as I am concerned, kneading and shaping bread is a wonderful kind of baking, just perfect for doing with grandchildren. It's a joy to see little kids playing with the dough and making their own rolls.

I don't see why I should have to fiddle about adjusting the proportions of the recipe - that is what test kitchens are for.

Now I use Defiance white bakers flour and it takes a minute or two longer to put all the ingredients in the pan - but the results are perfect. If it works, the result is a lovely crusty loaf. It doesn't work. The instructions state too much water.

Just bought my first bread machine. I have done a few loafs with this laucke mix and a few with just bread flour etc. The laucke is our families favourite. It's crusty, soft and delicious. My loafs with my own mix do not taste as good and are not as fluffy and soft. So will be sticking to laucke for sure. Show details

Buy the sourdough as well – No concerns, I now buy the sourdough as it has a rye mix. However, you can mix and match. Tried spelt too, is ok. I add in my own additives, after experimenting ,such as tablespoon of yogurt and one of milk powder, or 2 tablespoons of milk powder, tablespoon of honey, tablespoon of melted butter or marg, half tee of sugar and salt. Basic… Read more

program, large loaf in breadmaker. I use 3 and a quarter cups in a bread machine, 300g loaf, slight crust setting. 1 cup + 2 table spoons of water. Put in additives first, then the flour mix on top, 2 teespoons of yeast on top of flour. Good rise. One problem buying a 4 pack, sourdough, is they give you all of the yeast in one sachet. So, if you dont bake 4 loafs in 2 weeks, the yeast may go off. I keep open packets in the fridge wrapped in al foil.

We love Laurie Crusty White and have been making it for years but not impressed with latest packaging – The one thing I am missing is the flour not in a calico bag .i get my bread mix from Coles but lately has been in a heavy paper bag .I love the calico bags ,have made use of them over the years or passed them on for friends to use .The heavy paper is harder to store and just an other throw away . Show details

Brand New Breville Bakers Dozen Bread machine, never baked bread in it. I have prior experience with bread makers and all good. Bought 3 different Laucke mixes, Sour Dough, Rye, and Spelt. Nowhere on the packaging does it say the amount of water to add to the mix. Had to go online and it varied. First try too little. Second try too much. Threw out… Read more

he third bag. Just going to go with scratch made from now on when I can find a good suite of recipes.

You have to request a reasonable best by date when ordering – Can’t believe the attitude of laucke today , I’ve been buying flour from this mill for over 20 yrs , now you have to request a reasonable “best by date “ when you order , other wise the chances are you will get what I have been offered , on my last 2 orders , with a best by of 2 months , bakers get 11 months , so they move on the old sacks to their faithful customers ! Thanks for that ! !

Have used lauke bread mix for years but lately ar3 having flops,,!,,,!!!! – I have tried different yeast, bough5 a new bread maker and still having flops x not rising coarse and can only tip in the bin!,!!!!!!! Any suggestions we bought a 10kg bad of Crusty White also Multigrain what can I do?

Laucke crusty white – Hi i brought a bread machine from kmart , got bread mix from woolworths, and offf i went. no trouble at all i make 1 loaf a day for my birds so far have used 3 12kgs bags not 1 bad one. i make dark crust and use yeast from coles Lowan dried yeast 280og net $4.20. works very well.i eat the bread too if required i make 2 loafs in the day. so far Laucke has been very nice, thank you terry. Show details

No yeast included – I have used Laucke flour for years. Just bought a 12.5 kg bag of rye flour. Very disappointed that there are no yeast sachets included. It used to be ! ! ! You still get yeast in the 2.4 kg boxes from the supermarket. Can't understand why you wouldn't get any when you buy 12.5 kg. Show details

Fabulous bread! – We use this bread mix in a Panasonic bread maker and it comes out wonderfully. Yes, it's probably easy and cheaper to put your own bread ingredients together from scratch, but I'm disabled and find the Lauke bread mixes really easy to use and suited to my ability. If I use the Sandwich setting in my bread maker - I think it's an extra hour of… Read more

rising time? - the result is sublime. We have tried a few of the Laucke mixes but the Crusty White is the family favourite. Seems to be really good quality.

Very poor Product – I purchased this Gluten free easy bakers Flour and is the worst product on a Supermarket shelf. I followed the instructions and it was an absolute disaster. I would not recommend this Product. Absolute Rubbish. Very,very DISAPPOINTED

Great bread – ingredients into Kenwood mixer for 6 minutes. Rize 30 minutes. Flatten, stretch and rize again in pan to the top. Sprey top with water, cook from cold 220 c convection oven. Show details

Total waste of money – Have made this bread mix several times now, have had the same result every time. Follow the instructions to the letter, rises really well, but when I bake it, it collapses and is totally inedible. Even bought the recommended bread tin(which cost me a lot of money) with the same result. Will not buy again, total waste of money. Show details

Best in the bush – Crusty white mix travels with me no matter how remote I camp. Cooked in a camp oven or in coals wrapped in banana or pandaus leaf it’s fantastic. Throw in a few olives & bacon & hi cook Turkish style loaf or original loaf with dried fruit, absolute kluxury ! Show details

Great loaf of bread – This is the first time i have used this bread mix from lauke and it made great loaf of bread , i was amazed how big the loaf was and high it had risen . It has a lovely light crispy crust and the bread is light and fluffy. I cooked it in my Breville LBM200BSS bread machine . And no more supermarket bead again . Show details

Healthy option for preservative ladden commercial bread – I've used fruit, cured pork and cheese but yogurt whey makes the best bread. Not just a white bread mix so get creative, your safe as you cannot get it wrong as long as you have a nice consistency of the dough.

Not the same as it used to be something has changed – I have been using the same bread mix for 30 yrs exactly the same multigrain bread mis looooved it but now have the same problem as many others crumbly bad texture.

Perfect bread – I have been using Lauke flour for some 20 years. I have used the Crusty White, Multi Grain and Wholemeal. For many years I used exclusive Multigrain, then I started to mix 33% Multigrain with 64% Crusty White. Provided I make the ingredients exactly as per instructions I get a perfect loaf every time. The quantities I use for this mix are for… Read more

Crusty White. The bread machine I have used for many years is the Breville Bread Machine 100 (BBM100) Lately I have used the Morphy Richards machine with the separate fruit container for fruit bread. It too does an excellent job with the Lauke flour.

Small packet of Crusty White Bread – I found this bread to be good. Its light and very crusty. I usually don't have white bread, so will probably stay with Barossa Sourdough (5 stars), but well worth making occasionally.u