Should I get a breadmaker or is it a waste of money?!
Or should I not bother at all?
Answers: I am considering getting one. What are your experiences with them and which one would you recommend? I would like to do sweet breads and pizza dough in them as well as bread.
Or should I not bother at all?
I would do thorough researching online before I would step foot into a Cuisinart store! Define all your needs and go to producer's websites, not places like target or walmart.com first. They usually have the best descriptions of their products and you can research them through the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org), or other blog sites where you can read other customer testimonials about the product. Keep in mind, Walmart gets lower grade products than a place like, Bed Bath & Beyond. Hence the higher prices. B,B & B, has a great selection of cooking products.
Bread machines come in all types, all specific pros and cons. Plus, take into account how often the machine might get used.
Hope this helps! Research everything!
i bought a cheap one about $30. It works great and the bread is delicious.
I would get one. My mom bought one and she makes the best bread ever!
We used ours for about a year and then got tired of using it, plus the clean up. Easier to go buy what we wanted. :o)
We cook bread almost every day in the winter in ours. We make apple cinnamon, cheese breads, orange cranberry pecan and the list goes on. The white bread is scrumptious. Get one. Besides, my husband acts like it's a huge huge treat and gets way excited when he smells it in the morning. I set the timer so the bread is done around 6 a.m. He takes it to work to share too.
Ask your friend and family if they have one first as they may have one in their cupboard and you may get one free..And if you do buy one make sure you can make the dough not just making and baking bread.
Do you in fact make your own bread daily ? weekly???
they are a pain to clean and some what costly,,, today the ingredients are more expensive then to visit the best bakery
I highly recommend them.
Bread makers are a gift from the gods!
Regal Kitchen Pro is what I have been using for years. It hasn't had any problems what-so-ever, and it's so easy!
All you do is dump the ingredients into the container, set it to whatever setting is required and wait a few hours! Then you get soft delicious bread that is nice and fresh.
So, yes. You should bother getting one, because it makes delicious bread, and you won't regret it at all. Promise!
I prefer to make it and cook it in a regular loaf pan. The bread comes out in weird shapes in the bread machine. Buy a cheap one to make the bread mix, but bake it in your oven in a loaf pan.
I had one and used it a lot, then it got kinda old, bringing that big, clunky, storage eating, hard to clean bread devil out to make a somewhat nice loaf of bread. The prepackaged mixes are expensive as all get out. Did I mention the mess it makes when you go to slice that nice crusty loaf of bread. Trust me, Id rather go down to my local bakery and reheat the their bread in my oven. Long story short, I gave my bread machine to a charitable organization. I later received another one as a gift......It went to the same charitable organization......unopened, and unused.
I have 2 bread makers. While I don't like how the loaves of bread come out, I do really like letting the maching do all of the work on the dough.
I then put the dough into loaf pans or on my stone and bake them in the oven. Yum. Homemade bread without the work.
It is really great if you have a reason (or simply prefer) to control your ingredients. You pick the flour, use your butter and eggs, etc.
It just depends, i think the bread tastes better when you put the actual grunt work in yourself, but if you're pressed for time a bread machine is good to still get the homemade bread.
I think it depends on the person--My Mom bought me one for
Christmas, in 2003, I used it for 6 mon. Then just got out of
the habit of using it, so now it sit's on a shelf.
The charity thrift stores are full of them. Buy one there and see how long you'll use it.
They kinda went the way of the fresh pasta makers. Sounded like a great idea, but in the end it's easier to just open a box.
If you buy bakery bread and re-heat it properly in the oven, it's just as good and you can buy a lot of loaves for the money you'll spend on the machine and the expensive pre-mix ingredients they use.