I saw it at Costco in the 60 dollar category: be advised.
You know how I love my bread machine…
by CJ | Oct 17, 2011 | Journal | 11 comments
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Amazon has it in the 90’s. I didn’t doublecheck to see if it was the programmable model—but this one is: and it’s definitely what I have. Best bread machine ever made, if it’ll do authentic crispy-crust Italian.
http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CBK-100-Programmable-Breadmaker/dp/B001C2KY7Y/ref=sr_1_4?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1318881291&sr=1-4
My wife and I have an old DAK bread machine from many years ago. We loved to bread too much. We finally had to put the machine in the attic as the still warm bread was way too tempting. I miss it, but my waist line doesn’t. 😉
We’re managing to stay at weight: we split a piece of toast for breakfast, and are careful of the carbs. 😉
I have to freeze half the loaf when I buy it – I don’t eat much bread and end up throwing it away. and this is artisan sourdough or something similar ….. no way could I use a bread machine! but I am lucky enough to have a very good farm shop a mile or so away for organic local veg, the bread, organic home raised meat, all that sort of thing … very lucky indeed ..
I have to freeze half the loaf, too. Whenever there is an abundance of a kind of bread I like, I buy several and freeze. I got a box of those “zip lock” gallon freezer bags last year expressly for that purpose and have been reusing them. Usually the part of the loaf I freeze is the part in the bread wrapper, but the freezer bags can be washed out with hot soapy water, rinsed and dried. They hold up well.
If I had a bread machine I would become the size of a house, and not a small house either! 😉
and craigs list will usually have it for 20.00… *always* worth the mosey before shopping retail… better for the environment, too! no need to create more STUFF, when the stuff, already exists and needs a home!
Also- it puts the overweight mega-corporations on the much-needed diet!
I bought one of these a month or so ago, based on your recommendation. It bakes really good whole wheat bread – the only recipe we’ve tried so far. My kids tell their friends how much they like waking up to the smell of fresh bread, and the friends somehow manage to stop by for a sample (if there’s any left).
I showed my 11 year old daughter how to put everything in the bread maker. She’s almost taken over breadmaking duties now.
Try the Rustic Italian loaf…hint—it makes GREAT pizza, if you mix that recipe on the DOUGH setting then put it on a pizza stone and bake it.
I’ll have to give that a try. We haven’t made pizza for a while.
Spread raw dough over a cold pizza stone, and have the oven preheated at 425. Add a spaghetti sauce of your choosing, add mozzarella, add topping(s) of your choice, more mozzarella, sprinkle on basil and oregano, pop it in the oven well-centered (big pizza) and bake for 20 minutes. You can be more inventive with the cheeses, but shredded mozzarella is the most familiar and common. Outside of the fact the breadmaker takes an hour and a half to get flour and water converted to a ball of pizza dough, it takes just a 5 minute intervention by operator to get it converted to pizza and 20 minutes to bake, so it’s not a big dinner prep, but it makes a lot of smiles.