Bread machines automate the time-honored process or making bread by hand. Are you a bread machine person or do you want to make it by hand?
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Yes you do need a bread machine. You can even make pizza doe with it. You can add fruit or vegetables even Parmesan cheese or make doe for empanadas or pastry. They are a pretty neat thing to own. Haven't tried making bagels but i would not be surprised if you could.
I love my bread machine because I can make cracked-wheat bread, the only bread with real fiber, in it. Also local stores have stopped selling whole wheat rolls, so I can make them in the machine, also.
I have had bread machines for as long as they've been making them, and have worn out a couple. About 5 or 6 years ago I splurged and bought the Mini Zo through King Arthur Flour. It makes a 1-lb. loaf which is perfect for me since I am widowed and live alone. I make bread in it approximately every other day and I love being able to dump the ingredients in the pan, start the machine, and walk away. I do listen for when it starts mixing the dough in ernest because then I take a small spatula and scrape down whatever flour may be on the sides of the pan. I also check how the ball is doing to see if I need to add any water or flour, though I rarely have to make any adjustments. All in all, I love my Zo!
Great video!!
This is first for me. Is Lisa a liberal Jew?… I didn’t think they existed
How much did it cost?
I enjoyed your video. I do have a question though. Trying to find the KitchenAid Classic Plus seems to be a challenge and it appears they are discontinuing it, though I can't get anyone to answer my question at KitchenAid. Is this the only model they had that you would recommend? We're wanting to start making our own bread.
… Would've been better if bread machine girl named the ingredients as she added them…
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yea i dont want a bread machine anymore
Second lady is no expert. Such a novice.
Only the most fat, lazy, ignorant buffoon would use a bread machine
15:10 amogus
Where can I find the measurements to this dough?
If you don't want an asymmetrical loaf, make sure that BOTH paddles are pointing in the same direction before you mount it in the machine. It doesn't matter WHICH way they point, as long as BOTH are pointing the same way.
11:58. She fails to tell us what she is adding to the bread machine as she goes.
15:10 get out of my head
A stand mixer produces better results and it has more uses than a bread machine.
Great explanation, I am glad I waited to watch this video to buy a bread machine, thanks!
They kind of downplay it in the video, but the two major drawbacks of the bread machines are the shape and the paddle holes. I strongly recommend getting a machine with two paddles which makes the more rectangular loaves. As for the paddle holes, they’re definitely an annoyance especially because in my experience they don’t come out as clean as in this video. It can tear holes in the bottom of the bread. I’m going to try greasing them next time and if that doesn’t work I’ll try removing them before the baking cycle.
15:11 among us bread!!!
I make more than 720 chocolate chip cookies every year for Christmas as gifts and STILL get asked if I'd make more. The worst part about it is having to weigh the dough out into 6oz cookies, roll them into a ball and freeze them. (aged cookie dough for the win) Got a machine for that? Preferably one that won't break the bank? lol There's some pro machines that cost $35,000!
Among us bread?!?!
I’m a Zojirushi bread machine person. Love it! However, I do take the dough out for the final rise in my Emile Henry loaf pan and then bake it in the oven, so I don’t have the holes in the bottom LOL.
I had one for years and haven't used it for the last year or so. Since I have limited counter space and recently added an air fryer and instant pot, I chose to donate mine. So far I haven't missed it. If I make French bread again, I shall make it the old fashioned way!
Love my kitchen aid. I also have a bread machine. I really don't make much bread but may give both machines a try.
I Love to make both.
Love the recipe with the kitchen aid first thing that really drew me in was not having to shape the loaf and just pouring it in the bread pan.
What is the recipe for the bread made in the kitchen aid mixer
You can fix the lopsided bread from the machine by arranging the mixers inside to be parallel.
So Sus
You can make it by hand then talk about the standing mixer for about 8 minutes that is not making bread by hand. I have bread machine it is a PANASONIC BREADMAKER SD-ZB2512 the great thing is you can set it the day before a have new fresh bread in the morning it has a separat compartment for the yest.
It's an 8 minute commercial.
New to this channel, so hello! When my mamma bought a bread machine in the mid 90s it was perfect for her and daddy. She spent years baking bread by hand, but in her golden years the machine worked best. I am still hands-on, but maybe I'll need a machine later in life. Oh, and I have that same Kitchenaid stand mixer!!! It belonged to my daughter's boyfriend's grandmother (say that three times fast), it weighs a ton, however it is sturdy 🙂
She said it right… you don't need any special equipment. The answer to the question in the title is "no." Also, it's been proven many times over that a standard 1.5% addition of salt directly from the start does not inhibit yeast development in any meaningful way.
Nice thing about a good bread machine is you can us it to do all the mixing. You can then decide whether to bake in machine or oven.
I just got a Zojirushi Maestro and I have zero buyer's remorse. It's amazing. I love that I can load it up the night before, set the timer and wake up to freshly baked bread. And, best of all, no more tummy aches from garbage supermarket bread. I know exactly what goes into my loaves now.
This feels like a commercial for a kitchen aid mixer
I do it in my kitchenaid or Bosch
I like the big bites hahahahah please continue!
I've always been a decent cook/baker, but bread was my nemesis. I invariably ended up with an anemic white doorstop (yes, that one was cake flour) or gum (last packet of the yeast I'd purchased from a failed attempt 3 years earlier). When I finally cracked the code, well, we still haven't invented a word for that joy. In importance, BREAD is right up there with FIRE and WHEEL. Suddenly, that bread machine represented my FAILURE. I banished it to the back of the most awkward cupboard in my kitchen. Now I'm all about the rustic boule, foccaccia with olive oil and rosemary, chocolate chalah, potato bread slider buns, and it's not Christmas without my panettone bread pudding. Over the years, my old machine and I have come to an understanding: Sometimes, what you really need is to push a button, hear a bell, and know that you're 10 minutes away from warm bread. There's room for everyone around my butter dish!
I'm a bread machine person
I have the previous model of the Zojirushi. I was interested to see that you had the same result as me – lopsided bread. Sometimes it's quite dramatic. I've tried everything (room temperature yeast; evenly distributing the butter; keeping the salt away from the yeast) and it still occurs. I've even contacted the manufacturer but they didn't have anything new to suggest.
I think I'll be staying with my cloche and Dutch oven. The cloche even fits in my toaster oven and both result in the most wonderful crusts 🙂
The one and ONLY time I tried hand mixing I had to add SO much flour while kneading the dough… so sticky, the girl in the video didn’t have that problem. So I’m back to using my Hamilton Beach. Yes, I wish it was not so tall of a loaf but still…
Love my Hamilton Beach bread machine. It also has a dough setting so that you can transfer the finished dough to a pan and bake in the oven, so the shape of the pan and the paddle aren't issues if you don't want them to be. I otherwise would not have the patience to make dough on a regular basis 😁
Is that Molly Poppinz?