MP) Bread is still high on my thoughts at home lately, but it's kind of the same old stuff.  No new recipes for me this week.  Perfecting the Perfect Loaf?  Nope, not yet.  The kids enjoyed the Perfect Loaf recipe, so we did make it again and this time I measured carefully the ingredients.  It … Continue reading Scrape, Bake, and Repeat →

MP) MP decided to try and make the Cinnamon Raisin bread again. I figured I’d try a sweet bread setting on the back up bread machine, because the basic bread setting made for a darker bread on the bottom of the silo bread.  So, a different setting, and since the raisins were ‘shredded’ last time, … Continue reading Improvising Recipes! →

MP)  MP decided to follow in the path of JL and CL and ordered a new pan and paddle for the CBK-100 Cuisinart Bread Machine.   I want to try out CL’s hack on the pizza dough in 19 minutes.   I can’t wait to get my parts.  While shopping at the grocery store this weekend, my … Continue reading Epic Fail – Epic Recovery →

The Bakers: MP and JL -   original friends sharing ideas on how to be frugal and now persuading others to join the Bread Machine Life Style. CL -  JL's husband, currently making, breaking and eating bread. MJ -  MP's coworker that busted out her Bread Machine to start baking again. JP - MP's coworker making … Continue reading A Toast to Us! →

In August of 2018, we found the podcast Choose FI.  What an inspiration to change!  In one of the first few episodes of the podcast, the co-hosts discuss how they're making bread in their bread machines.  Putting in 5 ingredients, press a button or two and forget about it until it's beeping and done.  On … Continue reading A Toast to our Bread Machines →