Bread machine recs?

[konapoppy]

Anyone have one they like?

Additionally, any favorite meals these days? I could use some inspiration.

[joy]

I need to break that sucker out. I love my bread machine.

I have a cuisinart one. It’s several years old now.

[ohgillian]

This is my dream bread maker: www.amazon.com/Zojirushi-BB-PAC20BA-BB-PAC20-Virtuoso-Breadmaker/dp/B07BQ28TQ6

[mrsGreeko]

Oct 17, 2019 13:47:42 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

This is my dream bread maker: www.amazon.com/Zojirushi-BB-PAC20BA-BB-PAC20-Virtuoso-Breadmaker/dp/B07BQ28TQ6

I have an older version of this. It’s great. I used it a ton when I first got it. I use it less now, but it makes a great loaf of bread.

[ohgillian]

Oct 17, 2019 13:49:32 GMT -5 mrsGreeko said:

Oct 17, 2019 13:47:42 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

This is my dream bread maker: www.amazon.com/Zojirushi-BB-PAC20BA-BB-PAC20-Virtuoso-Breadmaker/dp/B07BQ28TQ6

I have an older version of this. It’s great. I used it a ton when I first got it. I use it less now, but it makes a great loaf of bread.

How do you feel about the shape of the loaf? I've been under the impression that this is the best machine for a loaf that's shaped closest to traditional store-bought sandwich bread. Does it have a good shape? I almost pulled the trigger this summer when the Virtuoso Plus was $250 at amazon and I just couldn't do it. 

[mrsGreeko]

Oct 17, 2019 13:55:20 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

Oct 17, 2019 13:49:32 GMT -5 mrsGreeko said:

I have an older version of this. It’s great. I used it a ton when I first got it. I use it less now, but it makes a great loaf of bread.

How do you feel about the shape of the loaf? I've been under the impression that this is the best machine for a loaf that's shaped closest to traditional store-bought sandwich bread. Does it have a good shape? I almost pulled the trigger this summer when the Virtuoso Plus was $250 at amazon and I just couldn't do it. 

It tends to be a little bigger than say sandwich bread, but it’s made in a loaf shape instead of the can shape that a lot of bread makers do. It looks like a loaf of bread that was baked in the oven, it just tends to be a little deeper I guess if that makes sense.

[steamboat185]

Oct 17, 2019 13:47:42 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

This is my dream bread maker: www.amazon.com/Zojirushi-BB-PAC20BA-BB-PAC20-Virtuoso-Breadmaker/dp/B07BQ28TQ6

I have an older version of this one too I use it a few times a month for pizza dough, but I made a really nice brioche recently. The bread load of definitely larger than store-bought, but it’s really fool proof. The only con is the size. It’s very large!

[cmeon]

Oct 17, 2019 13:47:42 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

This is my dream bread maker: www.amazon.com/Zojirushi-BB-PAC20BA-BB-PAC20-Virtuoso-Breadmaker/dp/B07BQ28TQ6

We bought ours this summer for $239- it was on sale AND there was a coupon. I wonder if you can BB&B coupon it)? It's definitely expensive, and huge- but, I'd do it again (and could even be convinced to pay full price).

I love it, though- and I *hate* bread machine bread- I'm a total bread snob. Ours makes bread twice a week now that we're past the honeymoon period with it, it's fantastic. We load it up before we got to bed, set the timer to finish 5 minutes before our alarms go off, and have perfect fresh loaves for the kids' lunches (and I even eat a sandwich on it sometimes- it's good stuff). The heating element on top makes for perfect crusts,the horizontal loaf is really a necessity for me now, and it's super quiet (again, we do do the mixing/kneading while we sleep). It is limited to some pretty huge loaves, though- so you either need to be big bread eaters (I have a 12yo boy who loves the stuff, so not an issue for us) or creative about using leftovers.

I also have a Hamilton Beach Homebaker (that I've bought twice- the first one walked right off the counter) that I'm not getting rid of- I hate baking in it, but, it's fantastic for dough (and the pan can go right in the dishwasher- the Zoji pan gets handwashed). It was $35 both times I've purchased it (but, I can't find it for that price now). So, I just let it run its dough cycle and pop the dough it into pans, bake in the oven. It saves wear and tear on my stand mixer (which the new machine can obviously do, but, I don't want to handwash a pan for dough).

[konapoppy]

Thank you all!

cmeon that could be perfect - I don’t mind baking it in the oven.

[beerlover]

We have an Oster one that I got on Amazon that I can no longer find the link to, but I think it was less than $100 and works well. I was really into making bread for a bit, but then got lazy again, ha.