{"id":52054,"date":"2025-01-28T00:29:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T00:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/baking-category-a-b\/ive-tested-over-half-a-dozen-bread-machines-this-is-my-favorite\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T00:29:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T00:29:04","slug":"ive-tested-over-half-a-dozen-bread-machines-this-is-my-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=52054","title":{"rendered":"I’ve tested over half a dozen bread machines. This is my favorite."},"content":{"rendered":"


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The first loaf of bread I ever made, when I was 10 or 11 years old in the ’90s, emerged from a bread machine. With its pale crust, squashed crumb, and lumpy shape, it wouldn\u2019t have fared well on Instagram. But that didn\u2019t stop my brother and me from devouring it, piping hot right out of the appliance and spread thickly with Country Crock margarine.<\/p>\n

That experience was instrumental in activating my interest in food. And in subsequent years, after embarking on a career in food and cookbooks, I was pretty sure that my bread machine moment was a thing of the past \u2014 now I had a quote-unquote bread practice,\u00a0<\/em>jar of bubbly sourdough starter included. But then a few years ago, on assignment for a media outlet, I had the opportunity to test out a bunch of bread machines … and to my great surprise, I completely enjoyed them! Making bread was suddenly incredibly unfussy with a machine. I loved the ingenious do-it-all pan, so easy for weighing ingredients on the scale. I loved the sealed-up compartment that captured all the mess. And I really loved its perfect proofing, oblivious of my drafty kitchen\u2019s conditions.<\/p>\n

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Photography by Rick Holbrook; food styling by Kaitlin Wayne<\/p>\n<\/div>

With the right machine, bread made with a bread machine can be just as good \u2014 if not better! \u2014\u00a0than any other loaf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite my personal awakening, I learned that the bread machine had never actually gone out of fashion. Many home cooks have been swearing by theirs for decades. This ultimately led me to write a new cookbook, The Bread Machine Book<\/em><\/a>, and in the time I spent working on it, I baked with several different models, getting a sense of how much the appliance itself affects the outcomes.<\/p>\n

The short answer is: quite a lot. Distinguishing factors included:\u00a0<\/p>\n