bread machines

daisy · Guru

RE: bread machines

Juni · Guru

CoffeeQueen wrote:

Juni wrote:

CoffeeQueen wrote:

Juni wrote:

Okay, we have one and never use it. Honestly, when we make bread I prefer to do it out of the bread machine. If I had a choice I would get a nice mixer for the dough but bake it in my own pans in the oven. I find that it turns out better in there and doesn't have that hole in the bottom of the loaf from the machine.

Hmm. I have a kitchen aide mixer. Do you think that doing it that way is not hard to get the dough out, etc.

Giving me something to think about.

I honestly don't know! I don't have a mixer but my dad does. I knead the dough by hand. :)

you are hard core (kidding)

honestly, I am sure I can do it and be just fine, but if I plan to do this all the time then I may invest in a bread maker.

Well, I don't make it super often but I find it kind of fun and relaxing to do it by hand. I grew up watching my Dad do this weekly and so it's just sort of a connection to him. (He's still alive, but ykwim.) My Dad still bakes bread weekly so the boys get that at their house and we usually have a loaf. I don't eat a lot of bread anymore so we just don't have a huge need to make it.

I do like making focaccia and other things but yeah, I don't know, I just like to roll it out by hand. :dunno: If I had to make it often, I definitely would go the mixer route and bake it in the oven. :D

CoffeeQueen · Guru

Juni wrote:

CoffeeQueen wrote:

Juni wrote:

CoffeeQueen wrote:

Juni wrote:

Okay, we have one and never use it. Honestly, when we make bread I prefer to do it out of the bread machine. If I had a choice I would get a nice mixer for the dough but bake it in my own pans in the oven. I find that it turns out better in there and doesn't have that hole in the bottom of the loaf from the machine.

Hmm. I have a kitchen aide mixer. Do you think that doing it that way is not hard to get the dough out, etc.

Giving me something to think about.

I honestly don't know! I don't have a mixer but my dad does. I knead the dough by hand. :)

you are hard core (kidding)

honestly, I am sure I can do it and be just fine, but if I plan to do this all the time then I may invest in a bread maker.

Well, I don't make it super often but I find it kind of fun and relaxing to do it by hand. I grew up watching my Dad do this weekly and so it's just sort of a connection to him. (He's still alive, but ykwim.) My Dad still bakes bread weekly so the boys get that at their house and we usually have a loaf. I don't eat a lot of bread anymore so we just don't have a huge need to make it.

I do like making focaccia and other things but yeah, I don't know, I just like to roll it out by hand. :dunno: If I had to make it often, I definitely would go the mixer route and bake it in the oven. :D

That is another thing I was just talking to our human development teacher about. This generation does not have that time anymore where they are unplugged and making homemade food together. My best memories were making polish food with my grandmother and mom.

I am sure some do, but on average everyone needs to slow down and reconnect.

LDSMOM · Senior Member

daisy wrote:

Juni wrote:

Okay, we have one and never use it. Honestly, when we make bread I prefer to do it out of the bread machine. If I had a choice I would get a nice mixer for the dough but bake it in my own pans in the oven. I find that it turns out better in there and doesn't have that hole in the bottom of the loaf from the machine.

mmm hadnt thought of that approach.
the cuisinart has an alarm that lets you know it's a good time to take the paddle out, so you dont have that weirdo hole. i hate the hole too.
i actually have a great mixer...i wonder if i should do that...it never even occurred to me. the mixer is HUGE and i cant lift it, which is why i never use it. it was a wedding gift.
alaina, i'm going to check into that one too.

Mine also has a dough setting so you can use it for rolls or pizza dough. Or you can just use it to mix the dough and bake it in your own pans. My machine has two mixers at the bottom which leave holes in the bottom of the bread, but they're not very big, so I don't think of it much.

Corey · Guru

I have an Oster bread maker and use it all the time for pizza dough, french bread, cinnamon roll dough, pretzels, etc but have never bothered making sandwich bread w it. It is super easy to use, but you will be spending more on ingredients than you would buying premade. Most recipes call for about 4 cups of bread flour and atleast a couple TB yeast in addition to whatever else you are adding like flax seed or whatever- all which add up.

CoffeeQueen · Guru

Corey wrote:

I have an Oster bread maker and use it all the time for pizza dough, french bread, cinnamon roll dough, pretzels, etc but have never bothered making sandwich bread w it. It is super easy to use, but you will be spending more on ingredients than you would buying premade. Most recipes call for about 4 cups of bread flour and atleast a couple TB yeast in addition to whatever else you are adding like flax seed or whatever- all which add up.

I rather spend a tad bit more to have min. ingredients in it. Most the breads have a lot of sugar in them if store bought and other ingredients that I have no idea what they are.

I will admit that I can get whole wheat organic bread at Trader Joe's very cheap and may not stop totally with that.

happylib · Guru

CoffeeQueen wrote:

Corey wrote:

I have an Oster bread maker and use it all the time for pizza dough, french bread, cinnamon roll dough, pretzels, etc but have never bothered making sandwich bread w it. It is super easy to use, but you will be spending more on ingredients than you would buying premade. Most recipes call for about 4 cups of bread flour and atleast a couple TB yeast in addition to whatever else you are adding like flax seed or whatever- all which add up.

I rather spend a tad bit more to have min. ingredients in it. Most the breads have a lot of sugar in them if store bought and other ingredients that I have no idea what they are.
I will admit that I can get whole wheat organic bread at Trader Joe's very cheap and may not stop totally with that.

This is interesting. Here bread other than pasty white is expensive. I can buy the ingredients for less. I guess it just depends on what is available. I so wish we had a Trader Joes.

-- Edited by happylib on Monday 8th of February 2010 02:56:58 PM

daisy · Guru

Corey wrote:

I have an Oster bread maker and use it all the time for pizza dough, french bread, cinnamon roll dough, pretzels, etc but have never bothered making sandwich bread w it. It is super easy to use, but you will be spending more on ingredients than you would buying premade. Most recipes call for about 4 cups of bread flour and atleast a couple TB yeast in addition to whatever else you are adding like flax seed or whatever- all which add up.

i saw the oster and it's a bit cheaper than the others which is appealing to me. glad to see a review of it here.
i was worrying about the cost of all that flour too - i'm not really looking to make EVERY piece of bread we ever eat, but i would like it for their morning toast and stuff -- but yeah, it's a lot of ingredients ...

daisy · Guru

CoffeeQueen wrote:

Corey wrote:

I have an Oster bread maker and use it all the time for pizza dough, french bread, cinnamon roll dough, pretzels, etc but have never bothered making sandwich bread w it. It is super easy to use, but you will be spending more on ingredients than you would buying premade. Most recipes call for about 4 cups of bread flour and atleast a couple TB yeast in addition to whatever else you are adding like flax seed or whatever- all which add up.

I rather spend a tad bit more to have min. ingredients in it. Most the breads have a lot of sugar in them if store bought and other ingredients that I have no idea what they are.
I will admit that I can get whole wheat organic bread at Trader Joe's very cheap and may not stop totally with that.

i get organic whole wheat at traders and it's not much at all - i dont plan on stopping buying bread. maybe just goign like 50-50 with bought bread/bread machine bread.

Corey · Guru

Libby, I buy most bread at a bakery outlet we have where types that go for $ 4 at the grocery store are closer to $1.50. Or I use coupons for bread. Bread ingredients are not typical coupon items which is probably why buying a loaf is cheaper than buying yeast and king arthur flour for me, kwim?

-- Edited by Corey on Monday 8th of February 2010 06:23:04 PM

happylib · Guru

Corey wrote:

Libby, I buy most bread at a bakery outlet we have where types that go for $ 4 at the grocery store are closer to $1.50. Or I use coupons for bread. Bread ingredients are typical coupon items which is probably why buying a loaf is cheaper than buying yeast and king arthur flour for me, kwim?

That makes sense. I also forgot I was talking to the diva of grocery shopping for next to nothing. Unfortunately our bakery outlet closed, but if it were open it would be cheaper.