Y’all have been tempting me with your declious looking bread. I realize a bread machine is going to make simple loafs and not the stuff that’s usually posted here, but curious on thoughts if they’re worth it?
I’m low on time and lazy. I won’t make bread if I have to whip out my KitchenAid and dough hook. Tossing some ingredients in a machine I can do though, plus it could make the dough for more complex things too if I do occasionally have the energy.
Should I do it?
Bread machine is fantastic: just drop the ingredients and press go. I picked one up during pandemic (paid way too much since everyone else did too) and it became a game night thing with my kids: play video games until the bread machine beeps. I also used the scheduling function so I could awaken to fresh bread, although it limits the ingredients to things you can leave out
While the bread isn’t as good as scratch made bread, it is SOOOOOO much better than store bought. It was months before we got a loaf with any slices left for the next day. Actually I’m intentionally avoiding it now because it was so good that I found myself eating way too much bread.
I never found a recipe that was good for sandwich bread, plus the shape isn’t right, so it was never a practical choice, merely a treat. I did have a co-worker bring in a sandwich on bread machine bread everyday, so it can be practical too
It’s very easy to clean.
I never tried the dough function or the dessert/sweet bread function