On Sep 20, 6:13 pm, Bob Simon > wrote:

> My machine has a delay start cycle. I set it to start in the middle
> of the night then got up at 5am to take the dough out of the machine
> and divide it. After the third rise and baking, I had fresh bread for
> breakfast at 7:30.

I have never trusted this feature, so never tried it. Isn't the bread
a little hard to slice, being that fresh and still warm? I always let
mine sit at least 12 hours before slicing.