Criterias for Choosing A Bread Maker

Picking up where we left off last week..

Here’s my list to quickly recap what I have discussed last week and the remaining criterias I set for the appliance.

a) Size of loaf and machine: Usually a toss between 1lb or 2lb loaf maker.  You need to choose one that would fit your household consumption requirement, or simply to ensure your tiny kitchen could fit the machine on the kitchen counter or both.

b) Elements that would make your life easier ie. Timer and Keep Warm function: Choose them if you view bread-making as more of a necessity than just a hobby.

c) Features that would produce a good loaf like heavy-set non-stick baking pan, even heating element.  We would not want the loaf to be brown at the bottom and almost doughy at the top.

d) Other settings of interest.  Mine has a cake setting, for whenever I want to bake a small cake without cranking up the oven.  So I use the function to make banana bread.  I have read of others’ success with baking Blueberry bread with a muffin recipe using this setting too.

e) Ease of cleanup.  This is also important not only to avoid la cucaracha to invade the kitchen, but to ensure your future loaves are evenly and well baked.

With that I hope you would be able to decide what you look for in a bread maker.