Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 20/1/2016 10:43 Je�us wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:09:04 -0800 (PST), Roy >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > One of my neighbors makes bread everyday with his inexpensive
> > > bread-machine. The bread is so good that I have just ordered one
> > > for myself. Do many of you RFCers use these machines or has the
> > > interest in them waned? Just curious.
> >
> > I almost started this very same thread myself.
> >
> > When I went camping recently, a friend used her bread maker and we
> > had nice, fresh bread each morning. For some reason I've always been
> > highly sceptical of bread makers, preferring to do it by hand.
> >
> > Last week I borrowed an old, well used (noisy!) bread maker to try
> > for myself, still being a little resistant to the idea. Well, I'm
> > not a skeptic any more, and sometime soon I'll be buying my own.
> >
> > I have the bread maker running right now as I type this.
> > The time and trouble it saves is well worth it.
>
> I think it's always better than supermarket bread, but don't you hate
> the paddle hole in the bread? Or do you remove the paddle after the
> kneading phase?

I do it in dough mode most of the time and form to small buns or loaves.

Besides, the hole is not a problem. Thats where you'd center slice the
bread anyways.

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