bread

[Guest guest]

The way to do bread in the bread machine is definately

to use the dough setting so it does its first rise in

the machine, then take it out and shape it and let it

rise again in the pan, on the baking sheet, or

wherever it goes for baking. Because yes, the paddle

gets baked into the bread and you lose a bit of crust

that way, and it also tends to bake somewhat unevenly.

I have a vertical bread machine, and it's just a

strange shape for a loaf, too.

 

Most machines have a timer setting, so you can set it

to start mixing such that it'll just be finishing up

when you get home from work, then all you have to do

is shape, let rise again if needed and bake. It's not

too much extra work and the results will be much

better.

 

Good luck, and yes, it does get easier.

 

Sarah

 

(Hi Virgil, by the way. I'm in Fayetteville and I

think it's great that there are people like you here

who are willing to speak against Tyson. It's hard for

people here to hear anything bad about these companies

[Wal-Mart too, of course] that have built the economy

of our beautiful corner of the state. If only they

could learn to be good citizens and good businessmen

at the same time!)