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Bread Machines

Posted: Feb 23, 2012

Good morning! I am looking into purchasing a bread machine and wonder if anyone on this board has recommendations for a particular brand and/or your experience with it or perhaps a clunker to avoid. Advice much appreciated!

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A suggestion - shipwrecked

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I'm watching carbs, so I've put my bread machine away for a while and don't remember the brand. One thing I can suggest, though, is to get one that makes large loaves. If I remember correctly, they come making loaves in three sizes - maybe 1, 1-1/2, and 2 pounds.

You'll have fun with it! Makes great pizza dough too.

Shipwrecked - mtmom23

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Thank you so much for your suggestion! It is an important one. I definitely need one that makes larger loaves as there are 5 in my family. I have also noticed some brands with low-carb options which I will be looking into as well!

mtmom23 - shipwrecked

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You've sent me off to google! Low-carb options? Hmmm!

There's a great series of bread machine recipe books, maybe 5-8 books. You can google Nitty Gritty Bread Machine books and probably get them dirt cheap at Amazon (buy it used).

Okay, now you're inspiring me!

Try garage sales - Happy MT Robin

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I have a bread machine that I love that is made by Oster. It was at Wal Mart for about $60.00. My sister had a perfectly good bread machine that she put in my garage sale this summer for $10. She just realized that she was eating way too much of the stuff when it came out warm and yummy.

Another thing you might check for is the way the loaf is set up - meaning some of the bread machines have the loaf go fairly upright, so you have the top crust at the short end, if that makes sense. The one I have has the loaf going the long way so it looks more like a traditional loaf of bread.

Here's a site where I've gotten several good recipes from:

http://www.bread-machine-recipes.com/

I live above 5000 sea level, so I had to make adjustments a little bit, but the recipes I've tried here are pretty good.

You can make gluten-free bread - MT

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I am low-carb also and wanting to give mine away. Not much of a garage sale person. I used to make gluten-free bread in mine, used the bread mix I found in the health food store, it was pretty good, strange ingredients, potato starch, xantham gum, but the bread was good.

Bread Machines - mtmom23

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Thank you all for your informative replies! Thank you Zo-Zo for your input. I have read many mixed reviews but with that baking track record, I must say, I will probably purchase the Zo.

Thank you for your kind responses. It is nice to see this board isn't all negative. I hope you all have a beautiful day! The gift of your taking the time to respond to my question is truly appreciated!

Zojirushi - No other brand exiists. - Zo-Zo

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I've had mine for 20 years! I still make bread with it 2-3 times a week. Perfect every time. Can't get belts for it anymore, though, but you can find the occasional model BBCC S15 on eBay. A little power surfing found me a great website that sells replacement drive belts for every machine known to Woman.

My little workhorse makes the "tall" loaves, but I'm still going to drive it until the wheels fall off. When the time comes for a new one, it will be another Zo. Don't need to look at any other brand. The new ones make a "long" loaf; looks more like a traditional loaf that you would bake and has 2 paddles. For now, I love my Baby Girl Zoey.

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