Bread Maker: Never thought I’d contemplate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This inspired me to make my own bread this am and I just took it out of the oven and had it with salted butter and it was SO good! Don't have a bread machine. I used this recipe but there are a million that require minimum work and time: https://marysnest.com/no-knead-sandwich-bread/

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[Anonymous]

I have a bread machine and have made over 50 loaves using a variety of recipes.

But none of them taste good. For whatever reason the texture is off.

It is possible to use it to make good bread by using it only for the mixing, proofing and kneading. Then finish it in a regular oven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a bread maker, and like you don't like the idea of one taking up space.

I have recently started baking bread without a bread maker -- mixing up the dough, kneading it, letting it rise, baking it -- and I haven't got it totally right yet, but it is a lot easier than I thought it would be.

It's time intensive, but only because it has to rise. The hands on isn't that bad. And I'm averse to recipes that take a lot of effort.

Have you been giving it a try without the bread maker? You might try a few loaves and see.

I have a $5 bread maker from the thrift store. I use it to make the dough, then do the second rise and bake it in the oven. My husband loves the brioche I make this way.

[Anonymous]

+1.

I have a bread maker that I use for proofing dough. I bake it in the oven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PS I did not feel like the timing was delicate— when making the initial batch I just left the dough to rise 2 hours more or less (depending a little on how warm my kitchen was).

Thank you! I'm very interested in chucking it in the fridge but not ruining it so I'm in control of when I bake.

[Anonymous]

I make challah every week, so a breadmaker didn't appeal to me because I wouldn't be able to bake in it. But my husband bought me an electric dough maker and it's my favorite appliance. There are a few different versions out there but this is the one I have and my favorite feature is the built-in scale. It's also easy to clean and reduces the overall mess of breadmaking. I highly recommend it.

https://a.co/d/0qLqvxb

[Anonymous]

amazon has a well-reviewed Cuisinart model on sale now for $100. Pretty inexpensive way to try one out and not a big investment if you don't like the results. I ordered one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make challah every week, so a breadmaker didn't appeal to me because I wouldn't be able to bake in it. But my husband bought me an electric dough maker and it's my favorite appliance. There are a few different versions out there but this is the one I have and my favorite feature is the built-in scale. It's also easy to clean and reduces the overall mess of breadmaking. I highly recommend it.

https://a.co/d/0qLqvxb

Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard of this kind of appliance. Judging from the number of reviews for the various machines, it hasn't really taken off yet. How many grams of water and flour do you use per batch? The Amazon description says it holds 3.5 lbs. of flour and 1.8 lbs. of water. Can it actually handle that quantity of a stiff, 50% hydration dough?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would look at the no knead/5 minutes a day recipes before I got a bread maker.

You just mix up a big batch of dough and stick in the fridge and anytime you want to bake a loaf you take some out and put it in a pan.

Really easy and delicious- I only stopped because I was eating too much bread.

+1 I make a TON of those loaves and they are delicious - this is the recipe I use (or base mine on - I've made some tweaks for myself): https://www.recipetineats.com/easy-yeast-bread-recipe-no-knead/

We used to have a bread maker machine and the bread just wasn't very good - we gave the machine away. Maybe they've improved since then - this was about 10 years ago.

What sandwich bread recipes are people using/liking? I've never thought about trying to make sandwich bread but this thread is making me want to!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This inspired me to make my own bread this am and I just took it out of the oven and had it with salted butter and it was SO good! Don't have a bread machine. I used this recipe but there are a million that require minimum work and time: https://marysnest.com/no-knead-sandwich-bread/

I might try to make this today - thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would look at the no knead/5 minutes a day recipes before I got a bread maker.

You just mix up a big batch of dough and stick in the fridge and anytime you want to bake a loaf you take some out and put it in a pan.

Really easy and delicious- I only stopped because I was eating too much bread.

+1 I make a TON of those loaves and they are delicious - this is the recipe I use (or base mine on - I've made some tweaks for myself): https://www.recipetineats.com/easy-yeast-bread-recipe-no-knead/

We used to have a bread maker machine and the bread just wasn't very good - we gave the machine away. Maybe they've improved since then - this was about 10 years ago.

What sandwich bread recipes are people using/liking? I've never thought about trying to make sandwich bread but this thread is making me want to!

I’m going to try this. Thank you for posting. My go to recipe is https://breadtopia.com/cooks-illustrated-almost-no-knead/

I feel it is just too long of a wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make challah every week, so a breadmaker didn't appeal to me because I wouldn't be able to bake in it. But my husband bought me an electric dough maker and it's my favorite appliance. There are a few different versions out there but this is the one I have and my favorite feature is the built-in scale. It's also easy to clean and reduces the overall mess of breadmaking. I highly recommend it.

https://a.co/d/0qLqvxb

Ooh what a cool looking gadget

What challah recipe do you use?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This inspired me to make my own bread this am and I just took it out of the oven and had it with salted butter and it was SO good! Don't have a bread machine. I used this recipe but there are a million that require minimum work and time: https://marysnest.com/no-knead-sandwich-bread/

I might try to make this today - thanks!

UPDATE: I did make it! It's quite good. Just ate a slice slathered with butter and honey and it was very good. I think it could maybe use a little more yeast and salt (next time!).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make challah every week, so a breadmaker didn't appeal to me because I wouldn't be able to bake in it. But my husband bought me an electric dough maker and it's my favorite appliance. There are a few different versions out there but this is the one I have and my favorite feature is the built-in scale. It's also easy to clean and reduces the overall mess of breadmaking. I highly recommend it.

https://a.co/d/0qLqvxb

I also make challah every week but use the bread machine on the dough cycle to do the mix, knead and one of the rises so there’s the braiding, rise time and then baking in the regular oven to finish. Works super well! Plus make a sandwich loaf of white or wheat bread each week in the machine for lunches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I make challah every week, so a breadmaker didn't appeal to me because I wouldn't be able to bake in it. But my husband bought me an electric dough maker and it's my favorite appliance. There are a few different versions out there but this is the one I have and my favorite feature is the built-in scale. It's also easy to clean and reduces the overall mess of breadmaking. I highly recommend it.

https://a.co/d/0qLqvxb

Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard of this kind of appliance. Judging from the number of reviews for the various machines, it hasn't really taken off yet. How many grams of water and flour do you use per batch? The Amazon description says it holds 3.5 lbs. of flour and 1.8 lbs. of water. Can it actually handle that quantity of a stiff, 50% hydration dough?

I think that a lot of people don't know these exist and just do the equivelant in a breadmaker, but I like that the size of the machine reflects the capacity of dough it makes withouth wasting space on an "oven," which is a feature I don't need. In terms of that capacity, these days I use this recipe for challah https://www.challahprince.com/reciprince and it handles it well. At first I was worried because the sound the paddle makes once the dough comes together sounds like it's struggling but I've been running it weekly for almost a year and so far it's help up well without any slowing down.