OH...MY...GOD...

[goodcheapfood]

I just baked the best loaf of bread in my life. Even my dad was speechless. He actually said it's "fluffiness was freaking him out.". Haha, he expected the usual dense loaves of white my mother bakes. He doesn't realize I'm a mad scientist in the kitchen. No recipe goes untweaked - although I will readily admit to some failures in my time. (my

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[theblacksaab]

take photos!

i was looking on ebay for bread machines the other day because of you (and because i'm not sure where a second hand store is around here)!!!

I'm making a new loaf in a minute....

[halemarry]

..because the other one is down to it's last slice or two already, haha, and I want to take a fresh loaf to my friend's house tonight.

Look for a machine that is new enough to have a totally sealed bread pan, so you can multi-task! My Rival makes rice, jam, and pretzel and pasta dough - which is even better since my rice cooker died recently.

Fresh pasta dough is totally worth the effort in a bread machine, because you can make some crazy raviolis and just freeze the excess for use later. They boil up in 3 minutes just like any freezer section ravioli - but taste way better. You can even color the dough with food coloring and herbs to make it look ultra fancy.