"frood" > wrote in message
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> "Jenn Ridley" > wrote in message ...
> > Eric Jorgensen > wrote:
> >> The bread machine is a perfect tool for someone who has no interest
in
> >>baking but who insists on having a little round loaf of fresh bread on
> >>demand, along with the associated baking smells. It'd be great for that,
> >>assuming it works reliably.
> >
> > Yanno, I get really annoyed by comments like this. I'm a pretty good
> > baker, if I say so myself. I *can* make my own bread by hand.
> >
> >snip<
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> Count me in as an official "me, too". I don't have a stand mixer. I *do*
> have a bread machine that was a gift from my mom. Why should I buy another
> appliance for this job when I have one that works?
Let me know how well it makes cookies, pie pastry, whipped cearm, and
merangue. I would buy a bread maker that could do that - really I would.
>
> I have found several store-bought mixes that my family likes, or I'll just
> use one of the recipes that came with the machine, and just use the dough
> setting. My favorite part is the timer feature, so I can set up the
> ingredients in the morning, when I have more time, instead of realizing in
> the midst of post-school activity rush that I need to make bread.
Those mixes really are a god send. They spare you from getting the flour
from the pantry.