Thursday, March 20, 2014
One day last summer while perusing a yard sale, I found this little gem.
Brand spanking new for $3!
I more than cheated the seller out of it, but he deserved it.
I very nicely asked him, “How much for the bread maker, sir?”
and he gave me a very condescending look and replied, “ That's not a bread maker dear, that a deep fryer.”
Ohhhhhhkkkkaaayyyyyyy.
“How much for the deep fryer then?”
“For you sweetheart, $3.”
Sold!
So I brought this baby home, and………………. it sat in my kitchen for about 4 months.
Yeah, I know.
Anyway, one day in early January, I finally decided to give it a go.
Although the machine was brand new-label on and everything, it didn’t come with the manual.
My husband did a quick search found it right away on this site.
I looked through the manual and picked out the basic bread recipe and got to making some bread.
Very easy stuff, you just add the ingredients in the order the manual tell you too-in this case, water, sugar, salt, flour, and yeast.
It made my house smell amazing. It looked absolutely gorgeous.
The taste however, was not my favorite. It tasted like cardboard.
I went on a hunt for a better recipe and my friend directed to me to this:
And is it ever!
The only adjustment I make to the recipe is that I use 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 2 cups of bread flour. I cook it on the Basic Bread setting though. I tried to do 2 cups whole wheat and 1 cup bread flour, but the bread didn’t rise as well. I’ll keep playing with the recipe until I can make it completely whole wheat.
Its been almost three months since I’ve gotten store-bought bread and I’m never going back.
The machine has 9 different settings including a dough setting and a jam setting.
This appliance has been one of my best and favorite purchases ever. It is ridiculously easy to use.
I make 2 loaves per week.
The only bad thing about making your own bread is the shelf life. It last about 3 days, but on the 4th day it becomes moldy. My son is the only one who eats bread on a daily basis, so most of the time I have a few slices that end up developing mold. I’ve experimented with a bread conditioner, but no luck so far.
If anyone has any suggestions send them my way!
*If you are interested in buying the machine I use, its on the Amazon carousel at the end of this blog.
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