# Got a bread machine! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963 "2005-05-22T17:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/1 "2005-05-22T17:18:59Z")
I picked up a bread machine for 3 dollars at our neighborhood yard sale yesterday… went to Wal-Mart and got the stuff that I needed to get bread (Well, most of it… I couldn’t find the wheat better for bread flour. :/). It’s awesome. I set it to have wonderful bread ready at 8:22 this morning, which it did, but it also woke my parents up once. Oh well, I slept, but they told me I can’t use it overnight anymore. Silly parents, messing up my future. Anyway, I got a cookbook too for 50 cents, so I’m going to have a lot of fun with it. There’s one recipe for “Cafe Au Lait bread”, which will let me use my new espresso machine too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/2 "2005-05-22T17:31:38Z")
I love my bread machine. Have fun experimenting with recipes. I recommend King Arthur Flour for Machines…great stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Aglet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@Aglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglet)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/3 "2005-05-22T17:31:54Z")
Congrats and welcome to the obsession… So many, many recipes to be gotten on-line (thousands, I would say). I have three of my bread machines going now (French bread, honey-wheat-English-muffin bread, and honey-kissed white bread). It went from a hobby to an obsession for me. So many people have bread machines sitting in their basements, which they have used only once or twice. That is how I got two of mine. Have fun, eat hearty. I, also, have not yet found the bread flour for whole wheat in stores. What kind of machine did you get? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/4 "2005-05-22T17:39:01Z")
Well, whole-wheat bread machine flour exists, because I’ve seen it at someone’s house before. I’m going to go try Harps later (another local grocery chain). All I know about it is that it’s a Magic Chef 1.5lb, and there’s a “310” at the bottom of the manual. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/5 "2005-05-22T17:41:45Z")
Marge (From the Simpsons) “Why look at all the machines in our new kitchen Homer! Why look! Its a bread-maker maker!” ::Marge pushes the button, and the Oven sized contraption starts, and ejects a bread maker out the side. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/6 "2005-05-22T23:10:59Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > I picked up a bread machine for 3 dollars at our neighborhood yard sale yesterday… went to Wal-Mart and got the stuff that I needed to get bread (Well, most of it… I couldn’t find the wheat better for bread flour. :/). > > It’s awesome. I set it to have wonderful bread ready at 8:22 this morning, which it did, but it also woke my parents up once. Oh well, I slept, but they told me I can’t use it overnight anymore. > > Silly parents, messing up my future. > > Anyway, I got a cookbook too for 50 cents, so I’m going to have a lot of fun with it. There’s one recipe for “Cafe Au Lait bread”, which will let me use my new espresso machine too. 🙂 I’ve been using one for years, and love it. The only problem is it leaves a hole in the bread where the kneading paddle is. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/7 "2005-05-22T23:29:37Z")
I’ve been using one for years, and love it. The only problem is it leaves flab where my abs and hip bones used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/8 "2005-05-23T01:08:43Z")
Just for your reference, there have been two fairly recent threads on this from others (including myself) who are new-ish bread machine owners: [Bread Machine Recipes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302131) [My Wonderful New Breadmaking Machine](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296004) There are good recipes in both. Oh, and I second the recommendation for King Arthur Flour. Enjoy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/9 "2005-05-25T11:40:32Z")
Here are two recipe links that made my cut: [http://www.bhg.com/home/Bread-Machine-Recipes.html](http://www.bhg.com/home/Bread-Machine-Recipes.html) [http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipe/bread-machine-recipes.html](http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipe/bread-machine-recipes.html) BTW, if you can figure out how to make a good basic white sandwich bread loaf, please do tell. My results have been less than spectacular and my wife is not a fan (she does like the bagels and crescent butter rolls) ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/10 "2005-05-25T11:49:31Z")
My parents have one and I’ve used it a few times. The best thing we did was when we took the recipe for italian bread and mashed up a couple cloves of garlic in the wet mixture part. It smelled wonderful and had just a hint of garlic in the bread. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-bread-machine/304963/11 "2005-05-25T13:33:36Z")
I love my bread machine. If the hole in the bottom or the shape of the loaf annoys you, just make the dough in the unit and bake in your oven. Try making peach jam. It is delicious.