Bread Machine Baking Revised

I've always wanted to bake my own bread, but was intimidated by the process, not to mention the bread machine I received a few years ago for a wedding present was beginning to amount to nothing with that layer of dust. When I finally put it to use, I'm so glad that I had BREAD MACHINE BAKING with me. I went straight to the "Focaccia Bread With Sun-Dried Tomatoes" and will never have to spend tons of money at the gourmet grocery store again. I'm hooked! It was delicious. I can't wait to try "Pesto Bread" and the "Rosemary Pepper Bread." Many thanks to Lora Brody and her mother, Millie Apter for the gift of BREAD MACHINE BAKING and for making it "foolproof" too!

Despite all of the other bread machine books I've perused and used, this remains my favorite. Unlike most of the other machine books, which seem to present an endless litany of "whole wheat bread, white bread, cinnamon bread..." this book strays from that narrow path to offer treats such as Toblerone Chocolate Bread and machine versions of some of the traditional ethnic breads from the writer's childhood. If you're looking for recipes that are definitely not "run of the mill" - you'll find them here. In addition, the general information on machine baking, and how it differs from "traditional" baking, is extremely helpful. The writer clearly is a BREAD baker who enjoys using a bread machine, not a "newbie" bread machine baker, and her love for her subject, as well as her wide-ranging knowledge, shines through.

I live in Thailand, and it's hard to get decent bread here. I thought I'd solved the problem when I bought a bread machine, but it turned out that I'd swapped one frustration for another. While I'd occasionally get a decent loaf, most of the time I'd end up with an inedible hockey puck. I was about to put my bread machine up for sale on e-bay when I found this book while on vacation in Hawaii. I gave the machine one last chance and I made the best bread I've ever had. Since then I've been getting more adventurous with ingredients and I also bought Brody's book on how to make pizza dough in the bread machine. I highly recommend this book - the recipes have worked nearly every single time for me, and it really got me excited about the possibilities of home baking.

With no previous bread machine baking experience, I tried many of the recipes and they all turned out very well. The book also has excellent tips for beginners. The only bread machine book I'll ever buy -- or need.