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Who uses a home breadmaker regularly?

I suppose that there may be a slight savings. I've never done the economics calculations. But with yeast packets alone going for 50 cents a loaf and normal bread going for $1 a loaf, you aren't going to be saving much even if all your other ingredients were free.

I do it because you get far better tasting bread than you get elsewhere. I use mine a few times a month. Dump in the ingredients, and 3-4 hours later you are done. Not much effort is needed. Of course if you want just dough, for later uses, you'll have to do more work.

Homemade cinnamon rolls are nearly impossible to beat.
 
My uncle does. Takes about three hours from start to finish. No idea on the per loaf cost, but I know it's gotta be well under a dollar a loaf depending on the type. I do all my breads by hand, little bit more work, but I like being involved in the process.
 
We use one sem-regularly. It comes in handy to dump ingredients in and knead. I can then hand shape, rise and bake, that comes out well.

I have not measured savings, though when we're broke and run out of bread we do resort to the machine. You'll also need a bread slicer. btw.
 
I tend to buy higher priced brands of bread that cost between $2 and $3 dollars so I was hoping for a better savings potential.
 
Originally posted by: MX2times
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Savings? Bread costs like $1
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$1 bread tastes like ass
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Ass flavored bread must cost more than $1, sounds gourmet to me. My family used a bread machine for a while. The bread itself isn't that great, although it's certainly good fresh out of the machine, all bread is. Lately I've been making bread by hand though, far superior to the machine.
 
can you put bread mix, a jar of peanut butter, and a jar of jelly in a machine, and end up with a stack of P & Js ?

 
or you could just learn how to knead--I did after a few tries

on the other hand, if you actually save money by baking the bread in the machine (energy savings) there would be a good argument
 
Originally posted by: dullard
I suppose that there may be a slight savings. I've never done the economics calculations. But with yeast packets alone going for 50 cents a loaf and normal bread going for $1 a loaf, you aren't going to be saving much even if all your other ingredients were free.

I do it because you get far better tasting bread than you get elsewhere. I use mine a few times a month. Dump in the ingredients, and 3-4 hours later you are done. Not much effort is needed. Of course if you want just dough, for later uses, you'll have to do more work.

Homemade cinnamon rolls are nearly impossible to beat.
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Yeast in packets? No way, jar all the way.
 
I personally love using a breakmaker because I'm fairly picky about my bread. I love honey wheat bread, and the only store-bought honey wheat bread I like is either Baker's Inn Bread or the Whole Honey Wheat bread from Great Harvest, both at $4 a loaf. However, I've found a wonderful recipe for honey wheat bread which I've fallen in love with, and having it baked fresh whenever I want for much less than $4 a loaf is awesome.
 
Originally posted by: MastaTam
I personally love using a breakmaker because I'm fairly picky about my bread. I love honey wheat bread, and the only store-bought honey wheat bread I like is either Baker's Inn Bread or the Whole Honey Wheat bread from Great Harvest, both at $4 a loaf. However, I've found a wonderful recipe for honey wheat bread which I've fallen in love with, and having it baked fresh whenever I want for much less than $4 a loaf is awesome.
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I've substituted honey for the dark brown sugar in my recipe...worked very well.
 
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