The Benefits of a Bread Maker
A bread maker makes it easy to produce fresh homemade bread. Here are the benefits of owning a bread maker.
Have you noticed the deteriorating quality of commercially produced bread lately? Sliced loaves, packed in plastic bags, make all sorts of claims, but somehow just don’t measure up to the taste and quality test. In fact, many commercially produced loaves available have so many additives that many people experience unpleasant reactions after consuming them.
Fortunately, there is an alternative. By making your own bread you have control over what goes into each loaf. You no longer have to accept all the extra ingredients that have no real bearing on the final taste and flavour of your daily loaf. Claims that additives are there to add to the goodness of the loaf are questionable. The only real goodness comes from the natural ingredients.
I can hear you saying, I have no time to make my own homemade bread. This may once have been the case, but now bread makers have solved that problem for you. There are many bread makers or bread machines on the market. You need only do a market survey and decide which one will best suit your needs. The purchase of a bread maker could well be your best purchase in some time. If you are a regular consumer of bread, consider the following benefits of bread makers.
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You have control over the ingredients
By making your own loaf of bread, you know what the ingredients are that you’re eating. There is no need to include large number of additives, such as those you find in commercially produced loaves. You choose the natural ingredients you use, according to your taste and needs. A basic loaf needs only flour, yeast, water and salt. You can’t get much more natural than that. You even have control over the grade or kind of flour you use, depending on what you prefer. Other ingredients may be added to give variety. It is your choice.
Limited time factor
There is no longer the excuse of not having time to make your own bread. A bread maker or bread machine does most of the work for you. All the time you need is about fifteen minutes to put all the ingredients into the machine. The bread maker then does all the work for you, from mixing, kneading and allowing time to rise. if you choose to follow the whole process, it will even bake the loaf for you. Or, you can simply make the dough in the machine and fashion your loaf or rolls in the way you like most.
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jennifer eiffel01 | May 4, 2010 | Reply
Great topic idea. I love our breadmaker. But, alas, we never have enough time to make bread. Keep up the super job.
jennifer eiffel01 | May 4, 2010 | Reply
I forgot to tell you. We have an old breadmaker that takes 4 hours to make. I hear there are bread makers that takes half the time.
Jenny Heart | May 4, 2010 | Reply
I have to try this. My daughter sent me one and I need to try it out soon.
ken bultman | May 4, 2010 | Reply
Most wives appreciate their bread maker. Bringing home the bacon helps, too.
VTech | May 4, 2010 | Reply
Good Post.
ronthoughts | May 5, 2010 | Reply
I love bread & a bread maker is a very useful machine for me.
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Christine Ramsay | May 5, 2010 | Reply
I am sure I would eat far too much of it if I made it myself because I can’t resist the smell of newly baked bread. Nice work.
Christine
johnnydod | May 5, 2010 | Reply
I wouldn’t be without mine.. good read Val
moneytn | May 5, 2010 | Reply
nice post
Citra Florenca | May 5, 2010 | Reply
I agree that fresh home made bread is very addictive. I really love the smell. I never try using a bread maker, all I did was the ole fashioned kneading. I am thinking about saving to buy a bread maker after reading this article. Great review!
Lord Banks | May 5, 2010 | Reply
Good article my partner was thinking about getting one. Bread in supermarkets has really gone down hill I must agree, and it does not last as long as the claims, unless you get a white loaf full of chemicals and preservatives. LB
Its Astarte | May 5, 2010 | Reply
Sorry to be the party pooper but I just don’t do bread since I found it makes me ill.
Having said that, a great article, Val. And I agree that the smell of freshly baked bread is mouthwatering.
Sharif Ishnin | May 5, 2010 | Reply
The aroma of freshly baked bread and the ease of making bread are great motivations to get one.:)
yes me | May 5, 2010 | Reply
Nice one Val cheers.
drelayaraja | May 5, 2010 | Reply
Nice share…
ashucharu | May 5, 2010 | Reply
interesting information
Guy Hogan | May 5, 2010 | Reply
A bread making machine. What a wonderful invention.
MrJohnDoe | May 5, 2010 | Reply
I can use one of those..great work!
Vikram Chhabra | May 5, 2010 | Reply
I always wanted to get one…:)
giftarist | May 5, 2010 | Reply
A complete and well presented article. Great!
richardpeeej | May 5, 2010 | Reply
Hi Val we have recently had a breadmaker the bread is so lovely -problem is you tend to eat too much and then the weight goes on quicker than you can get it of…lol
goldie77 | May 5, 2010 | Reply
I’m seriously thinking of buying a breadmaker after reading this -to add to already having a vegetable patch and hens -why not!
I love the taste and smell of homemade bread
Lucky Neena Firmansyah | May 6, 2010 | Reply
ehmmm sounds Yummy……..
mo hoyal | May 6, 2010 | Reply
Wonderful article that his close to home here-I have a bread maker and wouldn’t take anything for it. To smell the fresh aroma of bread wafting throuh your home soon as you come back in from outside is pure nostalgia from another time when my grandmother baked her own bread! For easier ways to make bread-buy those boxed mixes at your grocer-they are full of good stuff and you just pour it in with water and yeast.
Thank you so much for this lovely article, we should go back to more of this as the bread from the grocer is tasteless!
njokim | May 6, 2010 | Reply
hi love the idea will definitely try your way since mine had backfired three times. Never say die. keep em coming
Lwandaz Tale | May 6, 2010 | Reply
Thanks to you Val, I am going to make some special ones in my life very happy. Definitely a good idea for a gift, it will fill some stomachs and some hearts too!
Val Mills | May 6, 2010 | Reply
Thanks all, I look forward to reading about your first loaves of bread
mpaige90 | May 6, 2010 | Reply
I freaking love bread.
Lady Fantasy | May 7, 2010 | Reply
I have a bread machine but hasn’t used it in ages but considering doing that.I don’t like the quality of today’s bread not that I eat much of it.But my roommate does and they may appreciate fresh bread.Great article and well written and does feel bad about not making it since i grew up on it.
Judy Kaelin | May 7, 2010 | Reply
Very nice article – my husband uses ours all the time – he even makes banana bread with it!
Louie Jerome | May 8, 2010 | Reply
I use a breadmaker but sometimes my bread turns out quite expensive because I like to buy stoneground flour from the mill near me. Wow! The better the flour, the better the taste for ‘plain’ bread.
irenen1 | May 8, 2010 | Reply
Love my breadmaker. Store my bread in freezer so I won\\\’t eat the whole loaf. Bread pudding is much better with home-baked bread too.
Anuradha Ramkumar | May 8, 2010 | Reply
Hi Valz, I don’t have a bread maker, but after reading your article, I would love to buy one.
thestickman | May 8, 2010 | Reply
My father received one of these as a gift (the exact model shown I think!) and the day I visited he had about a DOZEN loaves made already of various types of bread AND another loaf in the maker as we sat around eating slices of warm buttered homemade bread…
Uma Shankari | May 9, 2010 | Reply
Great idea for great health
meenohara | May 9, 2010 | Reply
I am just back from a 5 day bread making course and cant wait to make my own bread at home.
My dad was wondering y i need to learn becos we eat baked bread rarely.
But I insisted and am happy
I m only worried how I shall knead it becos in the class we used a bread kneading machine
We learnt a lot of variations in bread like carrot bread, spinach bread, different types of braiding and doughmaking
bookdrawer | May 9, 2010 | Reply
Love the idea of fresh baked bread!
msaraf | May 10, 2010 | Reply
interesting article
PR Mace | May 10, 2010 | Reply
I use to use mine all the time when our children were living at home but with just the two of us, I don’t anymore.
Mary Patricia Bird | May 10, 2010 | Reply
My husband’s mother has made homemade bread all her life. She makes many loaves at a time and freezes them. I used to buy frozen bread dough. All I had to do was thaw it and let it rise in front of the fireplace, but I can’t find that anymore. I would love a bread machine. Not affordable right now though. Thanks for the information.
abhishek40914 | May 11, 2010 | Reply
nice article
Karrar Hussain | May 11, 2010 | Reply
very nice article dude . I like that.
Shirley Shuler | May 12, 2010 | Reply
I have thought about getting a bread making machine, Now maybe I will. Great post, Val.