Breadman Bread Machine

In October I decided I was ready for a bread machine.  Here is the one I got.

Breadman BK2000B 2-1/2-Pound Bakery Pro Bread Maker with Collapsible Kneading Paddles and Automatic Fruit and Nut Dispenser

I like it well enough, here are my first few forays in using it.  It does, as they all do, leave marks in the bottom of the bread.  Though I do have to say that it makes wonderful dough

finally got the flat paddle to fold down on this one

tried using the 1 pound pans, not worth it

Raisins dont mix well, but it tasted great

 

4 loaves at once!

I needed to make a bunch of bread for gifting, plus we needed a loaf for us to eat that day.

I had not done 4 at once and it was a little difficult to keep up with forming them all when the dough had risen but otherwise it was great!

Hamilton County Extension Homemakers Food and Craft Show entry

I have been terrible about photos and blogging the bread, but I just had to do this one.  

This year I only entered one item in the Hamilton County Adult Food and Craft Open Show. I made my honey oatmeal wheat bread. I was a little worried about it, as the bread was a little darker than usual, but thought, well this is my first year doing bread so I wanted to still submit it for review. To my surprise, not only did my bread win a blue ribbon and Champion of the entire Bread Division (this competition had bread, cake, cookie, semi-homemade, pie, food preservation and homemade candy divisions in the food section and each of the divisions had several classes under it) but I took Grand Champion of the all the Food Divisions! I am flabbergasted!

March, April and May photos

I need to get better at blogging.  I love making bread and have been making it weekly now since April this year.  It has been a journey and am learning so much.  To catch up, here are some photos from this past 6 months.  These may be duplicated in previous posts, but I wanted to get a bunch on here.

March, April and May 2012