We shopped for a long time for another bread machine, after a few years of going without. Back to baking bread now that I am home full time and can just throw the ingredients in and walk away for almost 2 1/2 hours. We bought a Cuisinart and I love it! It makes a beautiful 2 lb loaf of bread. The top is rounded and the loaf does not feel heavy at all. With much experimenting, the best loaf i this machine is made with nonfat dry milk (stuff is not cheap!) and Bread flour. I have tried several flours, using 1 % milk (and less water than recipe called for), and even melted the butter like my mom used to do with her delicious beautiful loaves of bread. I went back to the nonfat dry milk, keeping the unsalted butter solid, and using only Bread flour that I have sifted. Perfect loaves every time.