Bread Machine And Recipe Recommendations?

[momandgirls]

I was thinking of going ahead and buying a bread machine. Does anyone have any recommendations? I was told that, because the flours are dense, we need to get one that is heavy duty. Is this true? Does anyone also have some bread recipes they'd be willing share? Thanks!

[jaten]

I bought the Zojirushi BBCCX20 in Dec. right after diagnosis. It's a little more expensive than some, but after researching decided, imo, it was the best bang for the buck.

What I read in the reviews, are the benefits that I can now attest to:

1-Heavy-duty

2-Two paddles rather than 1

3-Mixes very well (have never had to scrap down sides)

4-Bread is very easily removed from pan every time

5-Easy clean up

6-Doesn't have a "gluten-free setting" but is programmable. (That is, I followed 1-time program instructions that took about 3-5 minutes, and from that point forward, I just press Reset>Start)

7-Great bread, (always rises, insides and crust never over/under cooked).

The above list is not prioritized, just the random way they came to me. I ordered mine from Amazon. Which was also a great experience. I've ordered from them a lot. It was the first time I'd ever had to return anything to them; my machine got beat up in shipping. I contacted Amazon customer service, and they had another one on the way immediately. My new machine and a pre-paid shipping label to return the defective one arrived the same day just a couple of days later. I re-boxed the damaged one, slapped on the return label, handed it to UPS and never looked back.

I've been happy, happy and would definitely buy this again, knowing what I now know. I never baked bread before, and still just stick to the mixes, but I love my Zojirushi.

Mixes I've tried and liked...Gluten Free Pantry, Pamela's, Kinnikinnick.

*stepping down from soap box and handing the mic to the next in line*

[mamaw]

I bought a zojirushi also and love it. I only eat anna's bread mix so I don't have any scratch recipes but there are many on this site. It cost about $200.00 but is well worth the price. Its a workhorse.

mamaw