Rating: - A great machine for a great price
I'm all about spending a lot less money on the essentials - and in my house, bread is an essential item. I've made 7 or 8 loaves so far using this bread maker and the Betty Crocker cookbook that other reviewers have mentioned - and I have to tell you, we are just loving this thing. Between that book's recipes and this bread maker, I'm making incredibly good bread both in the bread maker and in my oven.
I've never had a bread maker before, had never made bread until a couple of weeks ago. This thing is so easy - put your ingredients in, push a few buttons, and voila! You're making ... Read More
Rating: - Great, reliable breadmaker
This is an excellent, reliable, and useful breadmaker. I don't understand some of the negative reviews here--I suspect those unfortunate ones must have received defective units or something. I've already cooked several loaves of bread and two batches of jam, and I'm extremely pleased with the machine. The display is simple and easy to use; the instruction manual is helpful, although I agree with the other reviewers in saying that the recipes included leave much to be desired. (Try allrecipes.com or get a bread machine cookbook.) The settings, like Whole Wheat, Sweet, Quickbread, Sandwich, and ... Read More
Rating: - Best White Bread Recipe for the Sunbeam Machine
This is an inexpensive, reliable, easy to use bread machine overall. I use it twice a week and I get better at baking with it as time goes on.
Don't use the recipe for the 1.5 lb. "Homestyle White Bread Loaf" on page 13 in the Sunbeam manual that comes with the machine! Try my version instead. After many weeks of trial and error, this adjusted recipe works best for me:
Add to the bread pan in the usual Sunbeam-recommended order - this is the order I use:
1 c. plus 2 tbsp water
1 tbsp soft butter
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2.5 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp ... Read More
Rating: - A great bread machine for the price!
I "accidentally" bought this machine for myself. It was actually supposed to be a Christmas present for my sister-in-law. I found out later that she already had a bread machine so I ended up keeping it. Wow! I'm so glad I did! This machine does every thing it says it does. When I first started using it I would allow the machine to run full cycle and bake the bread in the machine. The result was fine but the odd shape of the loaf made the slices hard to use for normal-sized sandwiches. I find that now I only use the "dough" setting so that I can shape the bread into more conventional loaves and bake ... Read More
Rating: - Breadmaker is perfect intersection of performance and price
This was given to me as a gift. It was originally purchased from Amazon.com at an excellent price (under $50). I have had many bread makers over the years and this one performed well right out of the box. It is less expensive to make bread than buy for me. Plus, homemade bread isn't mostly air. The house smells wonderful too!
Pros:
1 - Very friendly interface and large buttons. They are logical. I have had bread makers that used only symbols which didn't always make sense. Those were clearly models sold in multiple countries and they didn't want to spend the money to print ... Read More
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