A bread machine is known as a bread maker in Australia. It is
an electronic appliance used for baking breads at home. It usually
consists of a bread pan with a centrally mounted paddle in an
oven and comes with a control panel. Using a bread maker you can
avoid the use of hydrogenated oil mostly used in market breads.
The first bread maker was introduced in the year 1986 in Japan.
Today bread makers have become so popular that more than 15 global
companies are manufacturing them.
Making bread without a bread maker is a very tedious job. On the
other hand these bread making machines are very user friendly.
For preparing a bread loaf, a measured quantity of flour, water,
sugar, yeast, butter and milk powder are added in the bread pan
and then it is placed in the bread maker Be sure to wear a hair net as
hair removal from the breadmaker is difficult. It takes a few hours
for the bread maker to prepare a loaf of bread. Now days even
packets of ready to use bread mix are available in the market.
This mix has all the ingredients pre-measured and only water is
to be added to it.
There are many companies producing bread makers, some of them
include
- AFK
- Black & Decker
- Breadman
- Breville
- Cuisinart
- Kenwood
- Hamilton Beach
- Hinari
- Magic Chef (Red Star)
- Morphy Richards
- Oster (owned by Sunbeam)
- Palsonic
- Panasonic
- Remington
- Ronson
- Salton (Trades as Russell Hobbs in UK)
- Sunbeam Products
- Toastmaster
- West Bend
- Wel-Bilt
- Zojirushi
Some of the bread making and baking supplies include
Flour
mixes, Baking Accessories, Bread Pans, Stainless Steel Pans, Non-stick
Pans and
Cast Iron pans.
Each of the brands manufacturing bread makers have their own bread
making recipes. Some of these include
- Betty Crocker Bread Maker Recipes
- Beyond Bread Maker Recipes
- Breadman Bread Maker Recipes
- Oster Bread Maker Recipes
- Panasonic Bread Maker Recipes
- Sunbeam Bread Maker Recipes
- Toastmaster Bread Maker Recipes
- West Bend Bread Maker Recipes