On 12/23/2009 09:14, Jeffy3 wrote:
> Help. I bought a bread machine for my wife for Christmas and cannot
> locate a user's guide on line and I don't want to open up the box. I
> know she is going to want to bake bread for Christmas dinner so I want
> to have the supplies she will need ready that morning. What do I buy
> if we will probably want to make Italian loaf of bread or maybe a sour
> dough bread? When she had our previous machine, which later broke, I
> seemed to remember her using a store-bought bread mix and adding yeast
> of some kind. Thanks! I am in center city Philadelphia too if
> anyone knows of any places to suggest to buy.

You don't need mixes. All you need to make basic bread is "all-purpose"
flour, salt, "bread machine yeast" , a little olive oil or shortening, a
little sugar and water.