Even in its smaller form, it still offers many different settings for a variety of bread styles (like Quick Baking and French Bread), making it both convenient and versatile. But several spots in the center were barely cooked, and as we ate our way out from the center, the loaf became more and more dry and unpleasant. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned baker, this video will inspire and guide you to create bakery-worthy bread in the comfort of your own kitchen.

But despite the fact this machine has no dishwasher-safe parts, we found that they were pretty easy to clean by simply wiping them with a damp cloth. We also assessed how easy it was to thoroughly clean all of the parts, along with the inside of the machine. Overall, knowing how much time and effort you wish to commit to cleaning your machine is important when looking to make an investment in a countertop bread machine.The white bread and rye loaves it baked were well-proofed and had a soft, tender crumb, and we appreciated its simple display and how easy it was to navigate the menu.

Dash Everyday Stainless Steel Bread Maker: This machine wobbled a lot during kneading and only baked so-so bread. Like our favorite air fryers, waffle makers, and pasta machines, bread machines are universally convenient; even the less-than-ideal versions save time and effort over working from scratch. Let your imagination run wild as you experiment with different combinations and flavors, elevating your bread to gourmet status. Then, we made a loaf of banana bread to determine how well each machine distributed add-ins throughout the baking process. Although we did find that the viewing window tends to fog up during the kneading and proofing cycles, we were incredibly pleased with the outcome of the bread from this machine.But we decided to switch to making our own bread after reading about all the chemicals ( like propionates (calcium or sodium propionate), sorbates (sorbic acid and potassium sorbate), benzoates, parabens (methyl and propyl) and acetic acid) put in bread to prevent it from getting mold.