Yessssss. I use the dough setting and let it do the first rise.then shape and bake in the oven, We think it tastes better that way. I also make my hamburger and hot dog buns,bagels and english muffins. Good healthy old fashioned eating.

Now I want some fresh bread with butter.....yummmm

Lynn

King Arthur bread mixes rock in our house. You can also find bread mixes at Wally Mart and around the holidays you can find them all over the place!

I am on a low-carbohydrate diet and I still use my bread maker! The breads made from a recipe are much better than using a boxed mix. You can find good bread machine cookbooks used on Amazon and I know the internet will have tons of recipes. I got my low-carb ones from Dana Carpender's "500 Low-Carb Recipe" cookbook. I have also found bread machine cookbooks at thrift shops.

I use my bread machine in cool weather. Use it for the first rise and then take it out and knead it and put in my own pans so the loaves are not so big. Love home made bread.

I won one in a drawing, used it a few times then gave it away.
I throughly enjoy pounding heck out of a blob of dough. I like to think it keeps me calm and serene...at least most of the time.

All kinds of great bread machine recipes online---I am amassing quite the collection!

I shouldn't have clicked on this post. You're making me hungry for bread and I can't eat wheat bread because I have celiac disease. My bread is gluten free and comes in 12 oz. loaves that cost about $5.00 a loaf. I've tried baking my own with acceptable GF flours but they just don't come out right. Oh, woe is me.

Homemade bread is the best. No ready mixes here. Only takes about 3 minutes to put everything in and it is so good. There are many different recipes out there and you are sure to find one your family makes a favorite. I have one that uses oatmeal that is really good. Try it, you will like it.

you can get bread mixes from Thepreparedpantry.com i get mine there have some good mixes. Lorene

you can get bread mixes from Thepreparedpantry.com i get mine there have some good mixes. Lorene

Yes I do and I just looked up bread machine recipes and get links

I got a recipe book with my bread machine. I use mine more to make the dough and then bake in an ordinary bread pan in the oven. Like the finished product better this way. There should be plenty of bread machine recipes on the Internet.

For all the bread books I have, I use "Electric Bread" the most. Like many others, I mostly use the machine for dough; it makes it easier to adjust recipes, depending on the weather,etc.

Our local grocery stores carry the mixes for bread machines. You'll find them in with the flours. I never use them as over the years I have practically memorized my favorite recipes. Love the pepperoni/onion but make several different ones. Use my machine all the time. Lost count of how many I've worn out through the years.

You don't need mixes. It is cheaper to make up your own. It is also cheaper. I buy my yeast in bulk at Sam's Club & it is good for well over a year. What I don't use goes down the drain. It is so cheap I don't worry about whether I use it all. I store in a jar in the frig. Way too many good recipes online as well as cookbooks. Are you looking for a particiular recipe. Maybe we can all help.

I still use mine...mostly the recipes that are in the book...and also use it to make pizza crust dough for homemade pizza...which we love and make a lot...bread maker gets used for that more than bread these days... but at least still gets used!

I found recipes online by doing a search for breadmaker recipes. For the most part, I use the doughmaker function of the machine. It mixes the dough and does the first rising and then, you take the dough out, punch it down, shape into loaves and put it in your loaf pans to rise. Then, I bake it in the oven. This is our favorite way of using our breadmaker. It is such a blessing and fills our home with wonderful smells. I seem to go through phases of using it a lot and then, not using it.

Mixes are a waste of money, IMHO, as it only takes about 5 minutes to assemble the ingredients into your breadmaker.

I love my bread maker. Most of the grocery stores around here sell the mixes. I do it from scratch. I have the Zorushki (not spelled right); it does breads, cakes, jams and jellies, etc. Check the internet and the bookstores; you can find recipe books just for bread makers

A lot of bookstores have them in the cheap marked down books.

I just use any bread recipe that doesn't require more than 4 cups of flour in mine. :) But -- I do NOT bake the breads in the breadmaker.....they just don't turn out right. I get them to a point, turn them out and form into rolls or put in loaf pan, and bake in the oven.

You also have to watch the altitude you live in...I'm at 4300 feet and I have to reduce the yeast by 1/2 tsp per package of yeast or the bread will raise right up out of the breadmaker.

and I, too, shouldn't have read this -- now I want cinnamon rolls!

Bob's Red Mill has wonderful mixes, recipes, and helpful tips. I can buy the mixes at a local health food store, but can measure all ingredients from scratch in 5 minutes for big savings.

The only bread we eat, is what I make in my bread machine. Don't use mixes. I use the receipes in my book that came with the machine. I did go out and buy 6 air tight plastic containers and I make my own mixes. I just assembly line measure every thing, seal and use them when it's bread making time. When I empty the last one, out comes all the ingredients and I fill them up again. Works really good and we love the home made breads. My grand kids come to get "Hot Bread"

I own 3 breadmakers! One my husband bought for me before I had carpel tunnel surgery on both hands. I bought one at a yard sale for 50 cents....new in box and had never been used. The third one was my parents.....they had received it as a gift and never used it.

I love making all kinds of breads, dinner rolls, hamburger and hot dog buns, doughnuts, and my husband's favorite....cinnamon buns.

I've found numerous recipes on line for lots of different types of bread, etc.

You can all try - www.allrecipes.com - tons of recipes there!

Sounds yummy. Do you have any recipes you would care to share? On the donuts you mentioned, are you just making the dough and then deep frying them?

Mine just sits.

Mine came with a booklet and I also purchased a bread machine book with lots of recipes. I used it a lot but not lately, it is as close to homemade as I can get.

I use my Bread Maker often and refer to this website. it's Robin Hood and it's great. http://robinhood.ca/recipe-category.aspx?cid=53

Enjoy!

I use my Bread Maker often and refer to this website. it's Robin Hood and it's great. http://robinhood.ca/recipe-category.aspx?cid=53

Enjoy!

You can go to Bakers Catalog, they have bread machines and receipes all on line. Good luck

did you not get a book with it?

Have had 2 different bread makers and would never replace making it myself with that. Don't like the taste or texture- would rather vest the money in a professional level Kitchen aid and make several good loaves at a time

i use it to making dough in recipes with yeast and cinnamon rolls and for making frenchbread

I always use the light crust setting so the bread doesn't bake to hard of a crust. Have 3 machines & I love them both. Best thing ever invented

I use mine all the time and love it.
I have never used the bread mixes.

I put flour, water, salt and yeast in my breadmaker and just use the dough setting. When it's finished with the first rise I take it out and shape it into a loaf or rolls. Let rise again and then bake. Just the first rising it's ready for great pizza dough. I use steam bread pans and make the seasoned loaves like Subway has. I just as the seasoning, cheese and other ingredients to the dough after first rise. Caution: Don't do this unless you want to do it all the time. My family expects fresh bread daily. LOL

We run two machines daily and have for about 20 years. We have 2 panasonic bread makers. We buy wheat at the health food store and grind it. Also at Costco here they have white bread flour. It is made from hard wheat and has a higher gluten content. Lately we have bought the instand bakers yeast on line. The other ingredients like flax seeds we find at the local health food store.

Years ago we bought a book called Bread Machine Magic by Linda Rehberg and Lois Conway. As for the mixes have you tried ordering online? We never used the mix.

I find mixes at walmart all the time. i have been wanting to do the scratch stuff but not sure if it would owrk in a bread machine. my kids def like the homemade bread better.

"from scratch" is ALL I do in my machine, and it works great! I encourage you to try it!