bread machine

I’ve just bought a bread-making machine, having given up for now on making bread by hand since mine never seemed to rise and I don’t like dense loaves. I’m sure the machine will add to my electricity bill, but I think it balances out with the benefits—there’s a lovely smell, less physical effort, and less mess. In the book, I noticed they use powdered milk, and after looking it up and speaking to someone, I found the only purpose is to prevent milk from sitting in the machine too long and going off. So I’ll skip the powdered milk and use fresh or flavored milk instead. 

I wasn’t sure what the oil in the loaf does, but it helps the bread rise, and I suppose I could experiment with different types of oil. One annoying thing is that the paddle leaves a big hole in the bread, so I’ll need to figure out the right time to remove it, though it’s not that easy to take out. I guess the loaves you make at home don’t have preservatives either.  I dix try to mak a pizza with the dough from the machine it was not great so will do that by hand from now on.  You can also add things to the loaf while its cooking like nuts I am not sure what else I can, like chesse 

These classes I go to learn baking will end soon and it will be a shame but thats hwo it goes. We made a banoffi pie yesterday and it was ok its not my favourate though |I will distrebute it late as much as I can.  This practical stuff does not come easy to me and the kitchen is not that great for me ether but I will keep going, I want to a cafe and brought a rotten brownie that cost the earth the other day If I thought I could make as much moeny on the ones i make I would, its stupid that they have such high prices they are slitting their own throats I won't go there again