[Seraphim]

I fired up the bread machine on timed bake last night, so I had a hot, fresh loaf greeting me after my morning shave.

There is something so wholesome about fresh out of the oven bread. The aroma (my 3 1/2 year old son said upon awakening "what's that smell Daddy?" ), the texture, and the taste.

I wish I had the time to make bread the old fashioned way, but it still smells and tastes great out of the ol' bread machine!

Fresh from a baker is very nice too!

[FLYBYU44]

When I was a kid my Mom would make all our bread the old fashion way. I could eat loafs and loafs of that bread, nothing compares.

[mastermute]

Mmmm... Fresh bread.. yummy...

I must admit I was against the bread makers when they became hugely popular some 20-25 years ago, but now I have changed my mind! It's really good!

[Ockham]

I am a very lucky husband because usually my wife makes the Swiss Sunday bread and - a few times a month - the usual cereal bread, following the traditional way. I really like it and also from time to time to make one by myself (I like the feeling of the hand in the dough).

[nun2sharp]

Fresh bread, fresh butter and jam!!! Those were the days! Its been too long!

[gssixgun]

Allright thanks a lot, I am staving now !!!!!!!!

[thebigspendur]

Bread baking is one of my hobbies. Now that I'm retired I am able to make all kinds of yeast breads, rolls bagels etc.

[davisbonanza]

I love to make fresh bread! I have a Kitchen Aid pro model stand mixer, the big momma, and I use it whenever I can. I am a chef for a living but I love cooking at home also. My girlfriend considers herself blessed to have a live in personal chef. For a while there I stopped buying bread and was making a fresh loaf every three or four days. I kind of fell off that wagon but I still bake often. I also make a pretty killer scratch pizza. I like to keep the dough pretty simple and go for high quality on the toppings. The one thing I have been meaning to do but still have not, is to get a sourdough starter going. Once you have the starter started, you can keep it going indefinitely.

Good thread, love the bread!

[Seraphim]

Bread machines also make excellent pizza dough!

[The Kiwi]

We were given a breadmaker for a wedding present and for a long time it came out for bursts of activity. However I have really gotten into making fresh bread lately.

What I do now is to use the machine purely to make the dough, let it do all the kneading and rising, then I put the dough into a traditional pan and do a second rise and bake seperataly. Gives a much nicer and traditional loaf, and also gives more scope for doing different bread types.

Have to admitt, I was particularily pleased with the focaccia bread I made last night.

[KenS]

When my daughters were small I made all of our bread the traditional way. After the ex and I divorced maybe 20 years ago, I bought a bread machine and have never looked back. I still bake bread once or twice a week in a bread machine which is all my wife (replacement:-) and I can use. Our staple is whole wheat with a ripe banana and a handful of raisins added. It makes great toast and is good for sandwiches.
Ken

[littlesilverbladefromwale]

I have a problem with bread. My wife and I went on honeymoon to Normandy, to Hon Fleur. Lots of nice places to eat. Anyway, I had to have Mussels in White wine on one occasion, I ate all the bread (and there was a pile of it- warm buttered french bread mana from heaven) as you have too with all that lovely sauce.
I asked the rather snotty waiter "please can I have some more" ala Oliver and he lookked at me daft.
My great grandmother was French and I think I got a bread addiction from her.
Yes, I have a bread maker, I was getting really rather good with it, then we moved, now I'm going to dig it out

[Utopian]

I have made my own bread for about 20 years. The problem was that I did not always have the adequate windows of time to make it. I finally caved in and bought a bread maker a few years ago. I don't like the fact that I cannot use it for pure sourdough bread, but I do like the convenience of it. Whenever possible, I do a few real loaves in my Big Green Egg grill, which does a great job giving it a wood-fired flavor. However, most of my bread is made in my bread machine from my own hand-ground flour, which consists of millet, amaranth, quinoa, barley, spelt, kamut, rye, and wheat. I like having whole grain bread that truly is whole grain and not filled with high fructose corn syrup.
Given the ease of use of bread machines, I truly don't understand why anyone would buy the crap sold in stores.

[Spike J]

I bake fresh bread from scratch once or twice a week usually. Some times it is white, sometimes wholemeal. What I love most about the baking is the kneading. It's such a wonderfully calming & forgiving activity. Then after it has proved, been knocked back, reproved & baked, mmmmmmm fresh warm bread with butter.

[Utopian]

Yup, you don't get that from the bread machine. All you get is the bread.

[sensei_kyle]

I love making yeast breads when I have time. Typically in the spring & fall I make a few batches of cinnamon rolls and take to work. Gets the work week off to a great start when everybody has sticky fingers & happy bellies. I use a recipe my mom has from a 1960s era Betty Crocker cookbook.

[sinnfein]

when i was in iraq we had a civilian that worked with us and she would make us fresh bread 2 or 3 times a day. i was amazing and i have been planning on getting a bread maker ever since i got back in march but just never got around to it. what kind would those who use them reccommend.
thanks

-dan-

[davisbonanza]

I just started some yeast, flour, and natural dark brown sugar fermenting in my mixer bowl about an hour ago. I'm not exactly sure how it will end up as I am not following a recipe but I can tell you one thing, it will be soft, warm, fresh, wholesome, and yummy! I'll let y'all know how it turns out.

Happy baking

[davisbonanza]

Nine hours later I added Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and flour, kneaded in the Kitchen Aid, and let rise. It is 1:30 am central time and the bread is about to go in the oven. Fresh egg sandwiches in the morning, later morning, for sure!

[nis]

I make my own Rugbrød. From Spelt, Svedjerug & Kamut. I have a sourdough in the fridge. It takes less than 15 minutes to knock it together and pur it into a mold where it sits for >8 hours before the baking.
Tastes wonderful and everything in it is organic.