Best Author To Purchase From For Bread Machines.
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Miss. Beth Has Done Home~Work For Us. Anyone Can Even Use The "Mix" Cycle & Go Hands On From There If Would Prefer To Knead Or Shape. If Your Machine Does "Mix Ins" Perfectly Fine. It Will "Dump" Nuts,Dried Fruits et cetera For You The Over~Seer. We Have Enjoyed This Book & Enjoyed Results. To WAIT Is Torture & Refuse To Allow Bread To "Cool". Try Electric Knife If A Loaf You Must Have NOW! We Still Receive Little, "Oh,Aw's" Trying To Slice w/Normal Methods. As Miss. Beth Updates, Suggest You Do As Well If Have A Brand New Machine. Results Will Be Fantastic & Forget The Food Processor. Can Be Harsh On Dough.
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This recipe books offers the widest array of bread recipes that are both unique to the bread machine and to breadlover's palattes.  There is abundant information on all ingredients, bread machine functions, and methods.  I have only done five recipes to date but each has come out perfectly and the breads produced tasted just as the author said they would.  After just a few days of use, I already feel that I am an experienced baker maker.  I am looking forward to trying as many recipes as possible.  This is an excellent reference for all aspects of machine bread making.
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I just recently bought my first bread machine.  When I was browsing, I came across this cookbook and bought it simply because I have always had good luck with my other Betty Crocker recipes.  I love this book!  It makes it so easy, especially for beginning bread makers!  It has a ton of tips in the beginning to ensure your bread turns out perfect everytime.  It even has a trouble shooting section so you can figure out what went wrong if the bread is not good.  The recipes are delicious, and the specialty breads are so beautiful and look so difficult, I am proud to serve them to guests.  I highly recommend this book to anyone using a bread machine.  It's a must have!
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It is a good book for bread lovers. You can make better bread than the ones bought from super market.
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I have been baking bread as a hobby for a little over 2 years. I have always been fascinated with baking bread but I never found a satisfactory resource until I found Peter Reinhart's "Bread Baker's Apprentice." This was a great resource as Peter is a very skilled teacher and conveyor of information. I also purchased a copy of Peter's "Whole Grain Bread's" and was equally excited by the bread baking techniques that he shares. Also, you can see an evolution in the baking style between the two books as the author seems to learn from each publication. I purchased this newest book yesterday, and after reading through it I can see that he has continued to learn and I really appreciate the techniques used in this book as they are even easier to perform, and easier to understand, than the first two books. This book is great for people just getting into bread baking as it contains many of the same fundamental styles of bread found in Peter's other books. However, if you already own Peter's previous publications do not let that deter you from purchasing this one as there are new techniques and formula's for different breads. I am especially looking forward to trying the formulas in the section on Cheese bread, as well as the onion and wild rice bread. The techniques presented in this book are simpler, and more straightforward than previous ones as the formulas are streamlined so that the use of a seperate pre-fermented dough is not necessary. Also, these recipes, although still requiring at least two days, take less hands-on time to make. I am very excited to try the breads presented in this book, and I would highly recommend anyone who enjoys baking bread to purchase this exciting new work from Peter Reinhart.
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I have several bread machine cookbooks, and this is one of the better ones.  The recipe content is excellent, and the book itself arrived in excellent condition.  The book itself is a little dated (I believe it was written about a decade ago), but the content is still perfectly appropriate.

If you own a smaller, vertical loaf style machine, the book is spot on.  A great book.  If you own a larger machine (like a Zojirushi), you'll need to adapt the recipies to fit its larger loaf sizes...  or use it to produce smaller loaves per the reduced ingredients listed in the book.
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Thomas Lacalamita has intrigued me with his yummy recipes within The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook.  I have used this book on a daily basis throughout my working life and into retirement.  However, I am wanting to have a conversation with the author about retirement life and the wonderful recipes within this book.  It is one thing to use the bread machine and this book for tasty, healthful, flavorful breads and time management.  However, it is another to "experience" the sensory benefits now that I now have the time to experience...the (un discovered) ingredients, and the unique experimentation, freshness factor, and techniques that are a part of the preparation and result of Mr. Lacalamita's work.  I have a degree in Home Economics; I have baked and canned for years.  In retirement, I find that I am enjoying getting my fingers into the dough.  The potato bread with fresh chives is a seller!  A suggestion for the author is another view on the baking of bread...particularly for the retirement community.  A singular loaf of bread outside of the bread machine is very easy to prepare using The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook.  Using the same ingredients as suggested within the book, I have set aside my bread machine (no room on the counter for one thing...)and use my hands and my toaster oven to create my bread. Just a few changes within the book as it stands would enable a whole new generation of cooks to jump into this preparation...degrees for the oven, length of baking, etc.  On top of all of this retirement life is the benefit of contributing to the health of the retirement, aging community.  I would love to express this to the author himself.  Thanks so much for the history behind the breads, the research for the small quantity recipes, and the idea that bread making is a part of the life of many retirees.  -Lynne
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I bought 2 bread machine books at the same time. While the other had a much more sophisticated format and general discussion of bread making, this book offers a simple direct format and specific directions (with aside tips  occasionally) for a wide variety of bread types. The authors also offer,  with good directions, the option of breads mixed in the machine but  finished as free-form hearth breads. Of the ten or so breads I have tried,  results have been excellent.
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Bought this book for my husband. He loves it and has tagged many a page.  I have already been the beneficiary of some wonderful bread.  The best part of the book is the explanations of the science behind the bread making and the beautiful illustrations.  A very good value
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I love this book.  I had to get this one because in moving mine is still packed up....some where!  I needed the yeast bread recipe quickly and it was easier to order a new book than to go through the storage unit to try to find mine.  It worked out well.  I just love this book and its recipes!
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I have been using this book for almost 10 years now.  It is absolutely my go to guide for making bread.  I use a Breadman 2200 (recently upgraded to a TR2700) and it performs flawlessly with these recipes.  As is typical of these books there are way, way more recipes that I will ever use.  My typical bread is the aptly described 'House Bread' near the beginning.  It is simply amazing and I've made it over 100 times.  Outside of that I'm made maybe 2 dozen other recipes and loved them all.  There is an amazing Sunflower Millet, a Sunflower Pumpernickel, a great potato bread, Grahm flour loaf, and more..  Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

This may not be the newest book out there, but it is tried and true.  Full of variety.  Fun and interesting to read.
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New to bread machine. Is what I wanted. Lots of good information.
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Every bread recipe I've tried out of this book has come out beautifully. I love the early chapter on adapting traditional recipes and what each of the flours do - and the idea of using the protein content of a loaf for adaptation purposes and flour replacement. I've made the French Bread, Cheezy Dinner Biscuits (which were bloody amazing), Pull Apart Rolls, Sandwich Bread, Pitas, and Raisin Bread. Fantastic purchase.
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This book is fantastic!  I had given up on my bread machine because my bread didn't turn out right.  After reading the how-to info in this book and then trying some of her recipes, I figured it out.  Now I use her book at least twice a week.  I try all kinds of recipes.  We love some, others are not to our taste, but I've enjoyed trying them.  I've recommended this book to anyone who wants to successfully use their bread machine.
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If you are a "serious" home bread baker, you need to buy this book. I have been doing Tartine breads for some time and have been thrilled with the results. Ken Forkish's book took me a step beyond. What I learned from Flour Water Salt Yeast was to pay more attention to temperatures and times. I also learned the conversions for room temperatures make a huge difference. I developed the Levain from my own starter and restored it on time as suggested. Also new to the process for me was Autolyse of the final dough. The end result was a more flavorful and tangy Overnight County Blonde. There was a distinct "vinegary"  difference in the aroma during baking. Crust, crumb and taste were outstanding. If you want to know what my first bread looked like, check the cover of the book. Really!
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This is a large bread machine. So far so good. I have been using a bread machine for years and wanted to treat myself to a Zojirushi.  My bread does seem to come out better with this machine.  I continue to use my favorite recipes by Linda Rehberg and Lois Conway. The Bread Machine Magic  book of helpful hints and the revised edition of Bread Machine Magic have many recipes that work well in my Zojirushi.  I just made an egg bread for the Pioneer Woman's French toast recipe.  So good!!
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I have to give Bernard Clayton's Bread Book five stars because the recipes are so good. It's the bread book I'd keep on my shelf if I had to choose just one. Nearly ever recipe I've tried has come out just as he said it would. He has a good range of bread types--from hearty whole grain loaves to delicate sweet ones to all kinds of quick breads, and pitas, etc... His directions are clear, his tone nicely conversational but not overly chatty. However, I've had two copies of the hardcover version of this book & they've both simply fallen apart at the binding. I suspect the softcover version might actually be a better investment.