I promised myself that I wouldn’t buy bread if I splurged on my high end bread maker. I am very happy to report that I haven’t bought bread in over a month. I bought a Zojirushi BB-CEC20WB Home Bakery Supreme 2-Pound-Loaf Breadmaker, White
I’ve made olive bread, with a mix of kalamata olives and green olives.
Olive Bread
Tomato bread with sun-dried tomatoes and tomato paste:
Tomato Bread
And LOTS of yogurt bread, which is my daughter’s favorite.
Yogurt Bread
And of course, it means the grilled cheese sandwiches taste better than ever.
Grilled Cheese
As does the French Toast:
French Toast
When a loaf starts to go stale, I make croutons or bread pudding or just bread crumbs, which I freeze for later.
Bread Crumbs
Hamburger Buns
I also love the cookbook I bought with the bread machine, which is where I got these delicious recipes. I have been mostly baking the bread in the machine, but you can always pull it out after rising, shape the loaf by hand and bake in the oven if you’d like. Which reminds me about the hamburger buns. I will have a hard time ever using store-bought hamburger buns again. Next time I’m making the larger batch of them and freezing the extras.
Hello Ellen,
I would like to say thanks for all the helpful information. On the subject of freezing, as a single person who often works late, this has been my savior. Whatever I cook on the weekend, I try to make extra in order to turn it into great leftovers for the week. I was very fortunate to have a grandmother who taught me how to cook. She raised 7 children during the Depression and figured out how to stretch a chicken a million ways. And to think my Grandfather (who never went hungry) used to joke with us grandchildren that “she didn’t know how to boil an egg until she got married”. Well, she sure figured out things in a hurry! My best wishes and thank you once again,
Debra Cathcart
Montreal, Canada