Someone prefers to buy bread in a bakery, as it is faster and cheaper, while someone prefers to cook it himself, because the taste of homemade bread cannot be compared with the purchased one. The arrival of bread makers to the Russian markets has simplified the process of making their own bread, the owner only needs to add the necessary ingredients to the stock from time to time. Buying a bread machine is a good way to diversify your own menu with a variety of bakery goodies.
Modern devices can produce a variety of types of dough that do not need to be baked (patty, noodles, cookies). Individual functions even allow you to make yogurt or make jam. Such a device cannot be ignored, you just need to choose the right model correctly.
What kind of bread maker should you buy?
You need to choose a bread machine based on what each particular family needs and loves. You need to choose:
- what kind of bread the machine should be able to bake (with or without yeast);
- what kind of flour will the pastry be made of (coarse, cereal, etc.);
- whether additional functions are needed for making jam, yogurt, butter, and the like;
- whether the oven should be able to knead the dough.
That is, you will have to choose not only from different technical characteristics, but also from a variety of additional functions and programming options for work. You can try to ask relatives about what kind of oven they would like to have, and try to choose the right one in the store. Based on the weight and shape, it is easy to choose, as those that are vertical and those that are horizontal are equally good, and with different shapes of buckets. It is better to choose a model that will be cast and have thick walls coated with a non-stick coating. It is of great importance that the bread machine does not make a lot of noise during operation and fits well into the kitchen space.
Useful tips for choosing a bread machine
There are several criteria that must be taken into account. First of all, you need to know what is the maximum weight of pastries that can be baked in the device. There are models in which you can adjust the weight, then it will be possible to bake products of various sizes and weights. Furnace power can vary from 420 to 1650 watts. The higher it is, the better the dough will be kneaded and the faster the products will be baked.
Due to the time savings, it is possible to improve the quality of the bread, but more energy will be wasted. Therefore, it is necessary to think in advance about the moment with power. Most often, each oven has several mandatory functions.The program according to which white bread is baked may contain several recipes from different types of flour, with the possibility of adding various additives during kneading. The program according to which the baguette is baked makes it possible to obtain white, crunchy bread with airy pulp.
The built-in function of accelerated baking allows you to reduce the cooking time to 2.5 hours or even less. There are also programs that allow you to bake bread from various types of flour, as well as pastry, with varying degrees of browning of the crust.
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