Hi I have been using this machine for some years now and have never had a failure.

In fact I came upon this site while looking for a replacement bucket as mine is losing the
non stick coating in places. This is not a fault in the machine, but is because I use
sunflower seeds in my mix and they abrade the raised spots.
In case anyone is interested I will give you the recipe which I modified myself.
Dry ingredients: 450g Lidl Bread Flower, 50g Sunflower seed kernels, 1.5 desertspns
sugar, 0.5 desertspns salt.
Wet ingredients: 225cc Soya Milk (or water), 2 eggs, 30g lard (Chopped).
Add the dry ingredients put one sachet of dried yeast in a well in the middle.
Set the machine to setting 10 LOOSE.
When it pings after 34 mins we usually add 100g of a mix of chopped dates and rasins.
This is obligatory and does not seem to affect the loaf if omitted.
Hope this helps any of you who are not having success.
RETATA 2
German bread is supposed to be heavier (and more nutritious, btw, but I know it's not
what we are used to over here). This seems to work by any method for me.
If you have 5 minutes to spare. (scale up or down as necessary)
1lb strong plain flour. I've used Doves Farm, Waitrose, Sainsburys, Allinsons, generic
from Chinese Supermarket.
1tsp sea salt
1 tsp sugar/honey/syrup/agave
1 tbls olive/hazelnut/safflower/rapeseed/corn/sunflower/grapeseed oil
1 tsp yeast/1 sachet easy yeast.
3fl oz boiling water, 6-7 fl oz cold water in jug. More in hot weather, lower amount in
cold.
Whilst weighing stuff out, put yeast and sugar in cup with splosh of warm water from
jug. Whilst chucking stuff into mix, leave this til last with water.
Hasn't failed me yet.
RETETA 3
Hi, I have the KH 1171 Bifinett (mine was made by Silver Reed) and it works absolutely
beautifully using the supplied recipe book. I'll give you two basic recipes from the book.
Program 2 "Classic" White Bread.

320 ml water/milk
2 tbsp butter
1.5 tsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
600 gram white bread flour (Lidl's is fine)
1 packet of dry yeast.
Place the ingredients in the baking tin in the sequence listed in the recipe. Set programme
2, 750 gram weight (middle setting), choose your browning level and then start the
machine.
If you want to remove the paddles, personally I wait until it reaches the second rising
period, just after the second kneading. Stop the machine, take out the tin, shake out the
bread mix and remove the paddles. Replace the dough into the tin, even it out carefully,
restart the machine and bingo!
Programme 3 Whole Grain Bread.
350 ml water
25 grams butter (or approx 1 tbsp olive oil if you prefer)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
270 grams white bread flour
270 grams wholemeal bread flour
3/4 packet of dried yeast (I use 1 packet and it works fine)
Set the machine up as per the previous recipe.
This recipe produces a really tasty loaf which I highly recommend.
I had a spares order card with my machine, but you can telephone DES UK Ltd on 0870
7876177 and pay by credit/debit card. The only spares they list are 1 baking mould
including 2 Kneading paddles for 7.00 or 4 Kneading paddles for 7.00.
I hope this is of help to you.
RETETA 4
Hello there,
Was wondering if anyone out there had bought the biffinet bread machine from Lidl last
year. I've been making bread quite succesfully but things have taken a down turn over the
last few weeks and I'm not sure why.The bread looks as if it has risen but then sunk
during the latter stages of baking. Tried altering the amount of honey (sugar), salt, water
temp (cold and hotter) but have same result!
Recipe used (in sequence and using the measuring cups that come withthe machine)
3 Large spoons of oil (vegetable)
2 Large spoons of Honey
1 small spoon of salt

1 cup of warm water (open hot tap - as soon as water starts to feel warm - use)
500g of Allinson Premium Wholemeal Very Strong Bread Flour
1 sachet of Allinson Easy Bake Yeast
Switch on machine, programme 3, 1lb loaf lightest crust setting.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you