I have had the new Zojirushi BBCC-X20 for a little over a week now and have made over 30 recipes in it from plain white bread to a heavy multi-grain sourdough bread to hamburger buns to cinnamon raisin cinnamon rolls all of which turned out perfectly and even on the heaviest dough the Zojirushi BBCC-X20 didn’t have any problems handling it.

Recently after trying several other “high-end” mixers I decide to go back to the Kitchen Aid. This would not be my first Kitchen Aid mixer.

Bread machines have been around for well over 10 years now. I myself have owned one or more for most of that time. My [...]

FINALLY AN ALL-AROUND HANDMILL THAT “WON’T BANKRUPT YOUR WALLET”
In our part of the country (Jackson Hole Wyoming, Teton Valley) you’re never sure about some things, especially the power supply. When the power is out meals must still be prepared. Coffee, flour, fresh peanut butter, and herbs and spices must still be ground. I have always [...]

Why Would You Want To?
There are many reasons you should/would want to grind your
own flour for bread baking. First the quality and flavor
you get from home ground flour simply can’t be duplicated
with any commercially available flour. Myself, I don’t care
for wholegrain breads because until I started milling my
own flour they were always dry, heavy and [...]

There are many reasons to make your bread dough ahead of
time and freezing it for later use. The biggest reasons are
to save time and to ensure you have fresh baked bread when
you need it.
By making your dough a head of time and freezing it you
can do all of the work on the weekend or your [...]

There are many reasons you would want to use a dough enhancer.
Dough enhances can improve the texture, taste and crust of
the bread. Most of them also act as preservatives which helps
keep your bread fresher long. Best of all they are natural
and so are perfectly safe to add to your bread.
I am also going to bet [...]