conradd's Full Review: Panasonic SD-YD250 Bread Machine
I've had my Panasonic Breadmaker for 4 years and I still use it 3-4 times a week. If I use the timer function to coincide with my son's alarm clock, getting him out of bed is not a problem. He appears in the kitchen for breakfast as soon as he smells the aroma of fresh-baked loaf of honey-wheat or cinnamon raisin bread.
I need to have dinner on the table within 45 minutes after I get home since I teach night classes and my son has various school activities. By setting the timer for either a finished loaf or dough for dinner rolls (the breadmaker has no timer function for dough, but I've described below how to circumvent this restriction), I can achieve a nice dinner with my slow cooker or pressure cooker (see my separate reviews on these products).
My son really likes homemade pizza and the dough recipe in the Panasonic User Guide is very good. However, our favorite recipe is Wolfgang Puck's recipe (I'll share it, e-mail me at conradd@bus.orst.edu with your request). Although the set-ahead timer function cannot be used with dough, I still manage to have pizza dough (or dinner roll dough) ready when I get home from school or work by setting the timer for 1.5 hours later than I want the dough to be ready (the dough cycle is 2.5 hours and the baking cycle is 1.5 hours for a 4 hour loaf) , then removing the pan from the breadmaker and unplugging it.
I also use set the timer to have sweet roll dough ready on weekend mornings . . . like most normal teenagers, my son likes to sleep in. The aroma of freshly baked cinnamon rolls coming out of the oven seems to help convince him that getting up before noon is worth it. (The timer cycle technically should not be used if you have eggs or dairy products in your dough.)
Cleanup is fairly easy since the bread pan and stirrer are non-stick. However, if flour is spilled into the oven part, it is a pain to get out. This can be mostly avoided by removing the pan before adding dry ingredients.
The only disasters I've had are when I mismeasure ingredients. When I handmix my doughs, I can tell if I need more liquid or flour. The bread machine takes what you give it . . . and the results may not be what you anticipate. Since most of my mistakes happen when I'm rushed for time, I've found that if I premeasure ingredients (everything but the yeast and water) into ziploc bags, then store the bags in the refrigerator (since they contain butter), all I have to do in the morning is to dump a bag into the machine, then add yeast and water. Since I usually have several types of bread mixtures stored, I write the type of bread, and amount of yeast and water needed on the outside of the bage in black permanent pen. This is much less expensive than commercial bread mixes and I like the finished loaves better.
I still make bread by hand from time to time (kneading dough is an excellent way to relieve tension!!) but I really like my bread machine and can make homemade bread much oftener than I had to make it by hand every time.
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