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This one time, at band camp, Jakob Whitfield wrote: > I know someone who uses his breadmaker solely as an overpowered > kneading machine, letting the dough rise outside the machine and > baking it in the oven. I'd imagine he uses standard bread recipes. Yes, breadmakers can make a decent loaf, probably better than the average supermarket loaf but not much. The problem is while they knead the loaf very well, they're lousy at baking it. To bake bread properly you want to put it straight into a hot oven. The air bubbles expand, the yeast go into overdrive and the loaf fluffs up before dying and having the crust form to keep the shape. With the electric oven in a bread maker, you get a very slow buildup of temperature. Entirely wrong. So by all means use the breadmaker for day-to-day bread, but when you want to make a really good loaf, let it do the kneading and bake it in the oven. I'd strongly recommend making a loaf by hand, too. Just once. So you know what's going on. I have a great bread book that wasn't too expensive. Will look up the details for you tonight. -- Rev Simon Rumble <simon@xxxxxx.xxx> www.rumble.net "I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence" - Doug McLeodThere's stuff above here
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