I had my wedding shower last weekend, and one of the gifts I received was a bread machine! I am just terrible at making bread myself - my loaves always end up heavy lumps. I’m not sure why, but I’m an impatient cook, which may have something to do with it. I’m counting on this bread machine to improve my performance. How hard can it be? Really, all you do is measure the ingredients into the machine and wait. Well, I’ll tell you, I seriously messed up the first loaf I made! Too much flour, I think. To help improve my next performance, I checked a couple of bread machine cookbooks out of the Fairborn Library. I didn’t take them all, so if you would like to check some out, here are some suggestions:

America’s best bread machine baking recipes / Donna Washburn, Heather Butt.

Betty Crocker’s best bread machine cookbook : the goodness of homemade bread the easy way.

Bread machine baking– perfect every time : 75 foolproof recipes for every bread machine on the market–including yours / Lora Brody and Millie Apter.

Whole grain breads by machine or hand : 200 delicious, healthful, simple recipes / by Beatrice Ojakangas.

Video bread machines / Stephen J. Ryan.

The best bread machine cookbook ever. Ethnic breads / Madge Rosenberg.

The breadman’s healthy bread book : use your bread machine to make more than 100 delicious, wholesome breads / George Burnett.

Tags: bread, cookbooks, wedding

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