bread makers

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Hi,

Just back from vacation and wanted to weigh in on the bread maker

or mixer question. While we have had a Zojirushi bread maker for many

years and make all our bread in it, I think the answer depends on your

individual cooking desires and abilities. I find the convenience of just

dumping the ingredients in and pushing a button (I also have to scrape the

sides during the mixing) a huge boon. I am not a great cook, so having

the machine do all the pre-warming, mixing, rising at the right temperature, and

perfect baking is worth any down side. Plus, I get perfect loaves almost every

time (when I don’t, it’s usually because I’ve added too much

or too little liquid) .

If you are an experienced baker and have no problem remembering to

put the eggs and milk out to warm up ahead of time, finding the perfect place

to rise the dough, and know just the right temperature to set your oven,

if you enjoy the process, then by all means, use your mixer and forget the

bread maker. If you are a cooking klutz like me, consider the bread

maker.

Some other things to consider: do you mind that some of the

pieces will have a paddle imprint? Do you have space in your kitchen to

put this machine? How much bread do you think you will be making?

Personally, I love the smell and taste of fresh-baked bread, and

it is especially nice to make sandwiches with GF bread when it is fresh.

My kids love to have a piece of bread warm from the oven spread with butter.

Pam

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Behalf Of Pratt

Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:50 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: bread makers

thanks, I appreciate the advice! Can you give me the ICORS list info?

mentioned the Mesa waffles, but I haven't been able to find

them. I saw the Prairie bread at WF, but it was rock hard. I really

miss having a nice sandwich! I just want some bread I can slice into

sandwich pieces. That's interesting about the mixer, tho, because I

have a nice Kitchen Aid mixer...I just figured it was so much more

trouble to do it that way than to dump everything into the maker. I

would like to take a poll and see what people think. Thanks!

On 7/7/07, vdolcourt <vdolcourt@...>

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> We don't have a bread maker, but I recently saw a survey on the ICORS

> celiac list server asking whether a bread maker or a powerful mixer

> made the most sense. Although there were proponents for a breadmaker,

> the majority came out for a powerful mixer. The issue is that the two

> types of bread are so different that the breadmaker has few

> advantages and needs to skip a number of cycles that wheat-based

> bread requires: kneading and second rising. So, mainly you are paying

> for a mixer and an oven. The oven in your kitchen may already be

> better, and you can bake breads of different shapes, like rolls,

> cinnamon buns and pretzles.

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> Gluten-free bread is easier to make than wheat bread if you use a mix.

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> The ingredients in Bob's Red Mill bread mix are most like the

> ingredients in one of my mixes. (But I no longer use mixes.)

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> Why don't you poll the bread-makers on this site or the ICORS site

> (more than 3,500 subscribers worldwide) and get their opinion. You

> may still buy a bread machine, but you can find out the

> advantages/disadvantages and the best machine to buy for GF bread.

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> Happy shopping,

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> > Now I'm on the quest for yummy bread. What kind of breadmakers do

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> > have one they really have had success with doing the gf breads?

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> > A friend lent me hers that has a gf setting, but it doesn't run as

> long as other recipes call for,

> > so I'm not sure how best to use it.

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> > Thanks in advance!

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