***Forgotten in the rush*** from King Arthur (flour) test kitchens.
"We've found that a bread machine kneads dough better than any other
appliance, including our own hands--and it takes less than 2 minutes
to get it going. Bake bread _in_ the machine if you wish, but we find
the bread machine is a fast, easy, very effective means to a wonderful
end: hot fresh bread, kneaded in the machine, shaped by hand, and
baked in your own oven."

Pre-programmed into my particular machine is a kneading time of 20
minutes followed by 1 hour of rising time, both of which could be
arrested at will manually.

Unless one has an extra-curricular interest in the Batali-esque
activity of squeezing eggs & flour through one's hands, this has to be
the most perfectly controlled technique for _all_ dough that
requires sustained, even kneading.

Only remaining question: does the 'Zo' machine of their highest
recommendation actually produce a superior kneaded product as opposed
to the Lesser-ites mentioned , including Cuisinart? It does have
three pre-programmable cycles for your own kneading, rising, and
baking cycles.


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Very interesting observation!!

On 12 Mar 2006 05:12:25 -0800, Yogi Gupta wrote:

> Very interesting observation!!

My food processor is great for this and I don't have to buy a new
machine.
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On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:13:22 -0800, sf >
wrote:

>On 12 Mar 2006 05:12:25 -0800, Yogi Gupta wrote:
>
>> Very interesting observation!!
>
>My food processor is great for this and I don't have to buy a new
>machine.


No kneading is necessary for most breads. I know it may sound
heretical, but it is true.

Search the alt.bread.recipes groups for "stretch and fold." It works
better than any hand or machine method.

Boron

"Mabry" > wrote in message
news:%ESQf.437$PE.26@fed1read05...
> ***Forgotten in the rush*** from King Arthur (flour) test
kitchens.
> "We've found that a bread machine kneads dough better than any other
> appliance, including our own hands--and it takes less than 2 minutes
> to get it going. Bake bread _in_ the machine if you wish, but we
find
> the bread machine is a fast, easy, very effective means to a
wonderful
> end: hot fresh bread, kneaded in the machine, shaped by hand, and
> baked in your own oven."
>(snipped)>

...All that remains is a side-by-side comparison of (esp. the crumb) of
the baked product using all these methods of kneading - or not. Will
the laziest of us (including me) please step forward and give the
unvarnished results.


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