Bread Machine

bluejeanz · 01-14-2008, 01:12 PM

Does anyone here use a bread machine to mix your doughs? I've been baking bread since I was a teenager and used the old-fashioned method of kneading it myself but since the invention of the bread machine, I found it's so easy to just throw ingredients in for a pizza crust and an hour later it's ready. I don't see any difference in quality from making it by hand either.

I do have two recipes that I actually mix and bake the bread in the machine and they turn out well; a walnut-orange-cranberry yeast bread and a pineapple-coconut yeast bread. But for anything else like pizza dough, dough for Italian or French bread or focaccia, I just let the machine do the work.

Food Network Fan · 01-14-2008, 01:20 PM

I use my kitchenaid mixer with the dough hook and I have a warming drawer with a proofer setting. It's great for bread and pizza. I love it.

BerryBaby · 01-14-2008, 02:25 PM

I use my food processor to make dough. It's real fast.

isilzha · 01-14-2008, 04:44 PM

You know whats funny, I almost made a post on bread machines yesterday. You must have read my mind.

I was thinking of getting one, but I'm not sure I'd use it. Maybe I should borrow Grandma's first.

bluejeanz · 01-14-2008, 04:54 PM

I used to use my Kitchenaid to make dough but always had a problem with it climbing up the hook. After I got the bread machine, I could kill two birds cause it also lets it rise and punches it down, eliminating one step.

Isi, have you ever used your food processor to make homemade pasta dough? It only takes a few minutes. I was on a fresh pasta kick two summers ago and was making it several times a week and giving it away to the family and neighbors. I'd gotten two new rollers (angel hair and fetuccini) and was going nuts making the stuff. I went in one afternoon to pick up some CDs from the library and brought one of the librarians some. We'd been talking about it and her hubby is Italian and says he misses his mom making it for him.

Has anyone ever made pie crust dough in a food processor? I've always wanted to try it but never have.

Oops. Sorry, I just realized I should have put this in the 'Kitchen Gear' Forum. I'm still trying to get the hang of what-goes-where here.

isilzha · 01-14-2008, 05:02 PM

I haven't tried making anything.

I've been thinking about the breadmaker because I'm just sick of store-bought bread.

Food Network Fan · 01-14-2008, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluejeanz

Oops. Sorry, I just realized I should have put this in the 'Kitchen Gear' Forum. I'm still trying to get the hang of what-goes-where here.

I moved it for you.

bluejeanz · 01-14-2008, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Food Network Fan

I moved it for you.

Merci!

bakerman · 01-14-2008, 05:52 PM

My mom bought me a bread machine before any one had even heard of them, I bet it was almost 18 years ago. People would say, "you just put all of the ingredients in it and have bread in 3 hours?" "No way!" I still have it and it still works, it is a sanyo 1lb. machine, a little fickle on which recipes it likes to make properly.

I make all of my doughs with my kitchen aid though, I find that you have to have the right consistency to keep it from climbing up the hook, but I think that I have mastered it. I don't want to haul out the bread machine all the time, since I don't have room for it on the counter.

MAC

Chap · 01-14-2008, 06:37 PM

I often use my bread machine to make the dough. I remove it and do the rest myself. We have a Kitchen-Aid, but I haven't found the dough hooks yet.