![]() ![]() Settings: Multigrain, whole wheat, rapid whole wheat, gluten-free, salt-free, sugar-free, veganĪs its name implies, Cuisinart’s Compact Automatic bread machine makes quick (and simple) work of turning dough into beautiful loaves of bread.The nonstick pan makes for easy cleanup across the board. This Zojirushi also excels at the process of baking itself, turning out evenly baked loaves with lovely golden crusts. The programmable cycles of the Virtuoso Plus make controlling each stage (kneading, rising, baking) nice and simple to adapt from one recipe to the next. Our testers found the presence of two dough blades valuable for thorough mixing, which helps develop gluten structures for an airy crumb. With a large LCD screen, viewing window revealing a “beautiful, lightly bronzed, domed top,” according to our testers, and features that support baking of far more than just your basic loaf of white bread, this is a great choice for beginners and experienced bakers alike. Zojirushi’s Virtuoso Plus is our pick for the best overall bread machine thanks to its versatility and ease of use. To help you along on your baking journey, we recently put several of these appliances through their paces to determine the best bread machines available. ![]() Some bread makers seem to perform better with particular types of flour others keep the bread warm until you’re home from work and ready to have it with a big bowl of soup for supper. When looking for the perfect machine, the loaf size and the overall size of the machine are where many home bakers will start, but the features don’t stop there. There’s nothing wrong with using instant or fresh yeast instead of tending to a sourdough starter, and you don’t have to invest in a costly baking vessel either, especially if you’re working with a proper bread machine. A slice of still-warm bread (but not too warm, bread should be allowed to properly cool!) with a slick of salted butter is nothing short of delightful under any circumstance, but doubly so when you’ve baked the bread yourself.ĭespite what the intricate scoring patterns you see on sourdough boules across Instagram may lead you to believe, baking bread doesn’t have to involve a complex understanding of fermentation. Few simple things yield more joy than a fresh loaf of bread. ![]()
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