i use the knead Dough only setting,
then shut the machine off

then i check back after XXX minutes
[i have a nice loud portable timer]
some trials needed for rising times

i can now bake in the machine, or let rise longer,
or if not happy - knead again, etc etc

sometimes, if not happy with the rise,
i can Bake for a few minutes, and shut off,
just to raise the temperature in the the pan

my point is,
my "automatic" machine can also be run "manually"

waterboy