Cooking in the oven is a more natural shape and a better crust, but it’s all about the convenience. The reason for getting a bread machine is that you literally pour in the ingredients and press buttons, then come back a few hours later for pretty good bread. I definitely put it well above store bought, although I never had any that were good at sandwiches.
Making your own bread may not be difficult but without the machine it’s very time consuming. It is so worth it to save all that time but still get to enjoy fresh warm bread right out of the machine!
There are really simple and good bread recipes that take almost no hands on time. Check out the 5 minute artisan bread recipes. It forever changed the way I bake. I have a bread machine and I haven’t used it in years because these recipes are better and a trivial amount of extra work.
However, I cannot for the life of me make a loaf of bread; but, I’ve managed to perfect the bread-maker. Like, using it every few days to make some fresh bread
t’s old-old. My parents used it when I was my child’s age. It’s loud, unfortunately, but it does a fantastic job. It has different settings for different flour types and I’ve gotten consistent results every time (after little trial and error. Thankfully flour is cheap)
A half measure is to use it to mix/beat and proof bread before removing it and reforming it before putting it in the oven yourself
Cooking in the oven is a more natural shape and a better crust, but it’s all about the convenience. The reason for getting a bread machine is that you literally pour in the ingredients and press buttons, then come back a few hours later for pretty good bread. I definitely put it well above store bought, although I never had any that were good at sandwiches.
Making your own bread may not be difficult but without the machine it’s very time consuming. It is so worth it to save all that time but still get to enjoy fresh warm bread right out of the machine!
There are really simple and good bread recipes that take almost no hands on time. Check out the 5 minute artisan bread recipes. It forever changed the way I bake. I have a bread machine and I haven’t used it in years because these recipes are better and a trivial amount of extra work.
I agree with both you and the other reply
However, I cannot for the life of me make a loaf of bread; but, I’ve managed to perfect the bread-maker. Like, using it every few days to make some fresh bread
t’s old-old. My parents used it when I was my child’s age. It’s loud, unfortunately, but it does a fantastic job. It has different settings for different flour types and I’ve gotten consistent results every time (after little trial and error. Thankfully flour is cheap)
A half measure is to use it to mix/beat and proof bread before removing it and reforming it before putting it in the oven yourself