Do any bread machines allow you to create and save custom settings (eg: a longer rise time)?

Someone recommend me a good recipe of multigrain/seeded bread please

hi, i want to make a cinnamon swirl type of bread in the bread machine. at what point should i take it out of the machine and add the cinnamon mixture? after the last Knead session, before the first "fermentation" ?

Was going to use this recipe https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/japanese-milk-bread-recipe

My wife wants an bread maker for Christmas. Honestly, I know nothing about baking, and much less about automatic bread makers.

Looking up bread makers on Amazon and on Best Buy, I'm seeing everything from $60 bread makers to $500 bread makers. I don't want a bread maker that does the bare minimum and makes just ok bread, but I also don't want to overpay simply because of a brand name. For a handful of reasons, I can't ask my wife which one she wants, this needs to be a surprise. I'm hoping you can help me?

I think the top of my budget for the bread maker is around $125. I really like the look of KBS bread makers on Amazon, but I'm one who loves modern aesthetic in tech, my wife just wants homemade bread done easy. Amazon's "best seller" is the Cuisinart CBK-110P1, which is on sale for $100 right now. TBH, I don't know the difference between compact vs convection and what I'd really wanna look for for good bread.

She LOVES sourdough bread, she also loves baking homemade orange poppyseed bread in the oven (but it's really more similar to muffins or cake than a loaf of bread), so if that's a factor that contributes to what features we'd need to look for in a bread maker, there's that.

We live in the US if that changes anything. Any advice?

Made pretzels from The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook. Oh man they are delicious, and they were so easy and fun to make. Only thing I'd do differently next time is roll them out thinner. The Book says 16" and I did maybe 10", so that's on me. They puffed up more than I expected. A winner for sure!

I’m trying out a bagel dough recipe that said to put the ingredients into the bread machine in then order of water-flour-sugar-salt-yeast and to make a well in the top before adding the yeast. Isn’t putting it right on top of the salt bad? I swear I read that the salt would kill it or something. Thankyou to any bread machiners than answer this! (I added some of the flour over the salt before making the well cause it didn’t sound right D:)

Hello everybody,

I was gifted a Cooks Professional Bread Maker. Unfortunately it was without any instructions / user manual / recipes.

Google was not helpful and Cooks does not answer mails :(

Could anyone of you lovely people help me out?

Thanks in advance!

Hi there,

I want to get my first bread machine as black Friday is approaching, I would like to get one that is quite and not very loud. Also looking to get something cheap if possible.

Any advice? UK based.

Thank you!

Butter rich dough recipe from page 20 of the Zojirushi Cookbook using freshly stone milled whole wheat flour.

I have a West Bend 2.5lb and in the middle of kneading it made a grinding noise and the paddles stopped turning. I can hear the machine trying to turn the paddles but it doesn’t work. I tried to see if it would turn with the pan out and it still doesn’t. I really hope it’s fixable. Please advise 😢

Help! My bread keeps collapsing on top with my bread machine. I use active yeast, and have tried 3 recipes (2 that came with machine) and I just can't get a nicely rounded loaf. Never had this problem when I've baked bread in oven. Any ideas?

Hello! I have a Secura bread machine with a bunch of settings. I love making bread and not buying it, but I find that bread from my bread machine is always very dense and gets quite hard when it's toasted. Which is especially tough when we try to make toast for my 10 month old son. So we've been buying store bought bread for toasting purposes.

Usually I use the French bread setting and recipe, 1.5lb, medium colour. Anyone have an idea of how to achieve a softer loaf? I have tried the soft bread setting and the sourdough setting as well!

link to the manual and recipe book

An old machine maybe, but has been working well till a while ago. Question is, does the kneading paddle rotate in both directions?

The last three loaves have all been piled up at one side of the machine, as if they're not being kneaded properly?

Bread is also denser.

Any thoughts?

I recently purchased a Cuisinart Compact Automatic Machine. I’m new to using a bread machine but not new to bread making. I have made two loaves with my machine and both loaves have sunk in the middle. I’m not sure if it is my yeast as I am using rapid dry yeast vs bread machine yeast. I don’t think it is altitude as we are in middle TN. My yeast nor my flour is old.

I’m using the white bread recipe from the manual. The first loaf I used bread flour, rapid dry yeast but didn’t bloom the yeast before adding. Second loaf I used AP flour and bloomed my yeast before adding. Same result both times.

Any help or suggestions? I would like to keep this machine but if I can’t get my bread to bake correctly, I am going to have to return it.

I've ordered multiple brushes and brush "kits" and I seem to get tiny pipe cleaner sizes and then ones that are too big.

It really shouldn't be this hard to find the right size, but I need a personal recommendation.

Anyone got an amazon/aliexpress/walmart link to a brush that will clean the gunk out of the holes in the paddles?

I have both cuisinart and zojirushi and they both seem to have the same size holes.

Thanks in advance.

I'm a bread machine absolute beginner. I would like to buy one of the Zojirusji minis? Which one should I get?

Hi everyone, I am looking to get a bread maker and I know Zojirushu is top tier from what I have read here. Is anyone familiar with this model as I saw someone selling this on Facebook marketplace for 20$

Hi, looking to fully switch over to homemade bread, predominantly an everyday white loaf for sandwiches and toast. I'm happy with the loaves produced by my Panasonic, but interested in what gadgets, tips and tricks would help with slicing, storage or generally making it as convenient and easy as possible! I don't want to backslide into buying sliced supermarket loaves! TY.

I think I'm going to try to make brioche for the first time today! I'm using the recipe that comes in the Cuisinart instructions book. I'm thinking of adding chocolate chips! Any tips or things I should know before I start?