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I don't have a bread machine. It may be different for people on the Boards because we tend to eat a lot of bread but most of the people I know who've bought them use them a lot the first 2-3 months then put them in a cabinet somewhere and never use them again.

I'm not sure if you're saying you're finding mostly machine recipes on this Board or elsewhere or both. There are a lot of bread machine recipes floating around because not very many people are willing to make bread "by hand" these days. I think it's because most of us don't want to do all that kneading. On the other hand, I got into a discussion about bread-making with a group of women a month or so ago and the ones who regularly made bread by hand said kneading was a great outlet when they were irritated at their spouse or children.

You can find yeast bread recipes that don't require a bread machine - there are a couple in Heather's EFI Cookbook; you could check the bread recipes at sites like AllRecipes (look down the left-hand side for "Yeast Breads" and "Sourdough"; or you could just Google bread recipes.

If you check the Recipe Index under "Bread" you'll see some white breads, sourdough, portugese rolls, and so on. I posted a very good basic white bread recipe that doesn't require any kneading: No-Knead Bread. And Jen1013 has posted an easy quick homemade white bread recipe. I'd give either or both of these a try and if they seem like too much work then a bread machine may be for you. (And remember if you do end up being one of those people who uses it for a while then hides it in a cabinet, you can always sell it on CraigsList.

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