John Kane wrote:
>
> On Sep 25, 2:01 pm, sueb > wrote:
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> >
> > I use one because I'm a lousy kneader. It's hard to recognize your
> > own limitations, but I've come to terms with this one.
>
> Mixer - dough hook ?
>
> Mix, let rise, mix again etc. Don't even bother moving the bowl from
> the machine.
>
> Stick in loaves, let rise and toss in oven.
>

That's mostly what we do, although the bowl is removed from the machine.
The dough needs covering to avoid drying out here; that's easier to do
with the bowl on the counter.

We have a bread machine that was a gift. Very basic and not much
flexibility in timimg or temperature. It takes about 3.5 hours to make
one 1.5 lb loaf of bread after adding the ingredients to the bowl. Can
make two loaves, same size, without the machine in the same amount of
time. Ingredients need to be measured in any case, so no time saving
there.