Thoughts on bread makers?

[etalns]

I was thinking of getting a bread maker, in order to make pizza dough, loafs of bread etc.

Does it usually end up tasting better than store bought bread (I realize this is subjective) or are store bought ones better?

 

[Brutuskend]

My google search didn't turn up much.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
My google search didn't turn up much.

Haha, oh boy.

 

[dsfunk]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
My google search didn't turn up much.

LOL

 

[yhelothar]

Depends on how you make it and your recipes. My mom makes a lot of them strictly for the dough and then bakes it in the oven. The ones baked in the machine generally suck.

 

[Anubis]

if you do it right the bread is awsome, its pretty easy to make,

there are a ton of bread machine books you can get and they all have tons of different breads in them

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: Qosis
I was thinking of getting a bread maker, in order to make pizza dough, loafs of bread etc.

Does it usually end up tasting better than store bought bread (I realize this is subjective) or are store bought ones better?

I like it better. You end up getting *really* thick crust though, and generally these giant slices that you don't really want to make a sandwich on.

 

[myusername]

A professor of mine made cranberry-orange bread in his breadmaker (which he loved) and I have to say it could have come out of my grandmother's kitchen on one of her best days. Texture wise, you shouldn't ecpect anything more than coffee-can bread though.

 

[TwiceOver]

:thumbsup: Awesome to set up with a timer so you have fresh bread in the mornings.

 

[0roo0roo]

useless toy to make meh over priced bread

 

[SchrodingersDog]

Breadmachines kick more ass than almost any other unneeded kitchen appliance. The one I make most often is a dill weed bread that I make with a hearty stew and just pop it out of the breadmaker and rip it into big chunks like a marmet tearing into a groundsquirrel, your guests will love it. As far as the baked bread function, the machines are very good at making large dipping breads but not so much if you want to make sandwich slices.

 

[bandana163]

I haven't bought any "retail" bread since I started making bread myself.
Bread in the stores is way too synthetic (and expensive) around here. I won't pay 70-80 cents for a kilo anyway...