Originally Posted by doom&gloom:
“My advice would be not to get a breadmaker, I got one because I was fed up of the claggy white processed sliced stuff but the loaves I made were never as nice as the fresh-baked ones you can buy in the supermarket and they go stale really quickly as well, plus it's a hassle loading the stuff into the machine and cleaning it afterwards.
EDIT: Advice too late for OP but applies to all.”
My advice would be not to get a breadmaker, because the bread tastes delish and you end up eating LOADS!!
I've only had one bad loaf out of mine, but, to be fair, I was tipsy when making it and I think I killed off the yeast, and it didn't rise.