The No-Fuss Bread Machine Cookbook: Hands-Off Recipes for Perfect Homemade Bread

Great addition to the kitchen
I love this recipe book! Kitchen safe pages and binding with easy to follow healthy bread making instructions. Every kind of bread a discriminating chef can want suitable for all bread makers. All you need are ingredients and a little time and bingo fresh bread at the touch of a finger. Must have!

Extensive Collection of Recipes / Few Photos
First impression only, as I haven’t had time to try any of the recipes. I have been getting back into cooking at home more recently, and resuming breadmaking is on my list. I’d probably already be doing more of it already with the way that prices have gone up, especially on artisan-quality items. Our next door neighbor, who we often send over some of our soups, chili, etc. over to, is gluten-intolerant so she can’t enjoy most breads. I haven’t figured out a good recipe for a GF version yet. This cookbook doesn’t offer any options that way. I was hoping that it would.
Also, I am a visual person, and I was hoping for more photos showcasing what the bread loaves should look like. That’s the main reason for only four stars out of five. The only photographs are on the chapter heading pages. That’s disappointing to me.
As far as actual recipes go, most seem straightforward and without a lot of fuss about the ingredients. The collection of potential breads to make covers most any kind of pantry items you might conceive of to go into a loaf of bread. In the past I’ve had best luck with savory loaves, adding herbs for extra flavor and interest. I just bought a new jar of bread machine yeast, and I have flour on hand. Ready to get experimenting!

Great Recipes!!!
The Bread Machine Cookbook changed everything for me. I recently purchased a bread machine, and I was using the recipe book that was included with the machine. I was having so much trouble- The bread wouldn’t rise properly, it would sink in the middle and there was one issue after another. I was getting pretty frustrated because I was following the recipes exactly. Then I purchased this Bread Machine Cookbook and everything changed! I have followed the recipes exactly and each loaf turns out great! I am so happy I made the purchase, and it was on sale too! It was a great purchase for me!

Watch measurements carefully!!
I love the book and the fact that it gives most recipes for 3 different weights. However, today I was making the 2 pound Rosemary loaf. After mixing a bit it was a gooey sticky mess so I rechecked what I put in it and added several tsps of flour to try and stiffen up the dough. After rising, the gooey mess had gone over the pan and was stuck to the lid. In an effort to save the loaf, I took part of the dough out before the baking cycle started, but it still appears to be a lost loaf. It is heavy and dense. I noticed that the measurement for the water more than doubled for the 2 lb loaf from the 1 lb loaf. I compared it to other recipes in the book and it appears it should have been something along the lines of 1-1/2 cups of water and not 2-1/3. I have noted it in my book but will watch all the recipes more closely from now on.

Very informative book on bread making, explaining details on the process of bread making, helpful for troubleshooting

Amazing book. Tried recipes from other books but didn’t work. This book has simple and excellent recipes. Do remember that for atta, for every cup replace 1 tablespoon atta with 1 tablespoon Vital Wheat Gluten, available on Amazon.