I have a bread machine and I have to say I make good use of it. I bake myself one or two loaves of bread in my machine just about every week. Sometimes if I am invited out for supper I will bake a loaf of bread to take with me as a Hostess gift. I can assure you it is always very welcome!
This week I baked myself a beautiful loaf of Maple Buttermilk Bread and I have to say that it is one of the nicest loaves I have baked in my bread machine thus far.
For years and years I struggled with baking a decent loaf of bread from scratch. My ex husband used to make beautiful bread for the family when my children were growing up. With five children we went through a LOT of bread!
He used to make the kitchen table dance across the floor when he was kneading it. Bread making day was always a really popular day in our home. I think the first loaf always got inhaled as soon as it came out of the oven. He would make at least a dozen loaves every week and they all got eaten.
Nobody minded taking homemade bread sandwiches to school either. Yes. It was that good. It was his mother's recipe and a bread he had grown up with. Good. Good. Good.
I was only ever very good at producing door stops. Heavy leaden door stops. It was not until I purchased a bread machine that I started producing really good bread.
My friend Jo inspired me to get one when I was in the UK. I bought for myself a Panasonic bread machine, which i...
