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/

Bread machine bread is a step up from the grocery store. There are also easy options without one. Ina Garten's sandwich bread can be made with 7minutes in a stand mixer, rise, shape, second rise. and no-knead breads really do work.

Anonymous wrote:I used to joke that a bread machine was an expensive door stop.

Now with coat of groceries I’m thinking maybe I could make sandwich bread easily.

Anyone a bread machine convert?

I bake bread in the oven but I
Am guessing the allure of maker is ease?


Total space hog.

The bread it makes is only so so. I picked up a Zojirushi at the thrift store and it was fine but when it died I wasn't sad. You're better off with a stand mixer. Much more versatile.

Mine just died and I'm in the market for a replacement.

It's a painless way to make bread, even if it doesn't turn out to the same standard as fully hand-made. It's still quite good, better than most store-bought, and the absence of additives and preservatives is an argument in favor beyond the convenience factor.

It's best used fresh in the first 24 hours or so, and then toasted thereafter if not frozen for later use. Same as the "artisan" breads from supermarkets, which also go stale fairly quickly.

Anonymous wrote:We have one in one of our vacation homes. A Zojirushi something I think. Works well.

This is an A+ wealth troll post, well done.

We have one in one of our vacation homes. A Zojirushi something I think. Works well.

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).

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.

What's your recipe? I was doing no-knead but it still had delicate timing and I felt like I was babysitting dough all day.

I like the “artisan bread in 5 minutes a day” site/book—

https://artisanbreadinfive.com/2013/10/22/the-new-artisan-bread-in-five-minutes-a-day-is-launched-back-to-basics-updated/

Mark Bittman has a recipe too and I remember thinking they were similar but I haven’t actually tried his—

https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/no-knead-bread/

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.

What's your recipe? I was doing no-knead but it still had delicate timing and I felt like I was babysitting dough all day.

A food blogger I follow (no bread maker) swears by julia child sandwich bread recipe. Try it out before you take the plunge of buying a maker!

Also, check with any family/friends if they have one they want to get rid of. I know so many people that have one and haven't used it for like 9 years lol.

Anonymous wrote:Our homemade sourdough bread lasts for over a week, so maybe sourdough lasts longer than just "regular" homemade bread? I keep it in a ziplock.

Yes, it's not the same thing.

I saw a video the other day about bread having human hair in it. Made me want to get a breadmaker.

Our homemade sourdough bread lasts for over a week, so maybe sourdough lasts longer than just "regular" homemade bread? I keep it in a ziplock.

I only made bread machine bread once or twice, but it was dense and terrible. However, it works really well if I just use it to mix and knead, then let the dough rise on its own in a bowl and bake it in the oven. That takes care of the most annoying parts of baking the bread and it's cheaper than a Kitchenaid mixer.

The bread lasts longer at room temperature if I wrap it in saran wrap.

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.