Our small-group friend recently bought a bread maker machine. Ling does a lot of baking at home, though it’s been mainly pastries and the occasional cake. I’ve been packing quick ready-made sandwiches to work several days each week, so figured that I could kill two birds with one stone; surprise her with a baking machine, and secondly enjoy home-baked bread too.
I know next to nothing about baking though, so it was lots of the usual reading and finding out before I settled on the same machine – the Zojirushi Bread Maker BB-HAQ10 – that our friend bought. There were other manufacturers and models of course, but the general consensus is that while there are much cheaper machines with equivalent features, with the Zojirushi, you’re paying for quality and the brandname. I found a local store here that was selling the machine at a much lower price than suggested retail, and after double-checking that I would be getting the real deal and that it would be supported by local agent warranty too, we went by after Hannah’s birthday celebration event last TUES to pick it up.
Given how busy we’ve been this week, the machine was only finally used yesterday evening. Hannah was probably even more enthusiastic about the exercise than both of us were. Hannah, in her usual authoritative fashion, said the following to me to show she meant business.
H: “Daddy, Mommy and I are going to make bread. You can watch us. Go sit there and watch!”
The machine churned out Ling’s first attempt wonderfully well; crunchy crust and very soft insides.=)
Possible to share which shop you got it from and how much was it? Been thinking of getting it too! Hopefully, Ling will share her tried and tested recipies too. :-)
Hi Candy; I bought it at Parisilk (http://www.parisilk.com/), Bedok Central outlet at S$265 last week. The price seems to fluctuate a bit. You might want to call them first too and check on the current price and whether they have stock too.
Hi Candy,
The bread machine comes with a user-friendly recipe book and so far, I’ve tried baking their basic regular white bread and basic soft white bread. Both are good. The company also has a website with more recipes: http://www.zojirushi.com/user/scripts/user/prod_recipe_list.php?prod_category_id=3 . My friend has tried some recipes here and the bread turned out well. :)