Bread maker advice

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Thinking of getting one so we don't have to go to the shop every night (don't like frozen bread)

Are they practical for every day use?
How long is the prep time?
What is a good brand?

Thanks
 
Mother has one not sure of the brand. Yes it's practical for everyday use. Hardly any prep time, you use raw ingredients, it will mix it for you.
 
We had one many moons ago, I think a Philips (not sure).

We did the prep the night before, takes about 10min, max, basically just throw everything together. Then you can set the time the bread should be finished. So we set it for 7am, then at breakfast you have a nice warm bread.
It is nice but we just got tired of the prep, although it is short... and now we lost one part that cannot be replaced, so can't use it anymore.
 
Definitely worth it! Have been using a Salton for years, but I think most brands are fine. Prep time is probably around 5 min.
I use it a lot on the dough cycle to mix my pizza dough or roosterkoek dough.
Nothing like fresh hot bread every morning
 
What's the benefit over DIY bread? Regular bread takes +- 5 minutes to make dough, about an hour or two to rise (depending on where it's placed) and 45 minutes to bake. The rising and baking times don't require human involvement.
 
saor said:
What's the benefit over DIY bread? Regular bread takes +- 5 minutes to make dough, about an hour or two to rise (depending on where it's placed) and 45 minutes to bake. The rising and baking times don't require human involvement.
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Bread maker has a timer so you can set it so you have bread ready early in the morning without having to get up earlier to preheat the oven and plonk the dough in.
 
saor said:
What's the benefit over DIY bread? Regular bread takes +- 5 minutes to make dough, about an hour or two to rise (depending on where it's placed) and 45 minutes to bake. The rising and baking times don't require human involvement.
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The fact that you can get hot bread exactly when you want it - ie in the morning when you wake up.
 
ponder said:
Bread maker has a timer so you can set it so you have bread ready early in the morning without having to get up earlier to preheat the oven and plonk the dough in.
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Ah ok. So it rises in there until the timer switches it over to baking mode?
 
StellenboschStudent said:
We had one many moons ago, I think a Philips (not sure).

We did the prep the night before, takes about 10min, max, basically just throw everything together. Then you can set the time the bread should be finished. So we set it for 7am, then at breakfast you have a nice warm bread.
It is nice but we just got tired of the prep, although it is short... and now we lost one part that cannot be replaced, so can't use it anymore.
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So, basically, "We Had One But The Head Fell Off?"
:D
Sorry, couldn't resist.

I'll go away now.
 
Thanks for all the comments. I'm going to give it a go. I see makro has a Russell hobbs for r1300, anyone here have one?
 
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