Monday, February 14, 2011

Bread woes

As I mentioned several weeks ago, I bought a bread machine off of Craigslist. A very nice woman sold me the machine for a mere $20. And she even gave me the instruction manual, which was packed full of yummy bread recipes. I was super duper excited. I raced home and promptly started baking some bread.

My first loaf turned out okay. It was a little burnt on the sides and was slightly too tall for our sandwiches, but I thought the bread tasted okay. John, on the other hand, was disappointed. He lamented that it didn't taste as good as my regular bread. I rolled my eyes. WHATEVER.

So, I made another batch of bread last night. I decided to use a recipe from the instruction manual, hoping for better results. Unfortunately, the bread was a disaster. For some reason, the entire center caved in. I was pretty pissed.

I am giving the bread machine one more chance. I have printed out a new recipe, which I am going to try this afternoon. If the recipe flops, I think I'll just resale the damn machine on Craigslist.

3 comments:

Christina said...

The ingredients go in in exact order and my sis who has my old machine uses the dough setting and then bakes in a pan in the oven she swears by the machine!

Antropóloga said...

I could never get my bread machine to do right, myself.

amanda said...

i loved my bread machine. it's in my coat closet now. guess i should dig it out huh?

hoping the third loaf is magic!