Give us this day our daily bread

Posted November 9th, 2008 by Kimberly Dowd

About five or six years ago, I decided I wanted a breadmaker. But I didn’t want to spend a ton of money on it because everybody I knew who ever owned a breadmaker used it once or twice before it was put away forever. So I purchased one from a yard sale for $10. The original owner only used it once.

I have no idea why because to me it’s the easiest thing in the world to measure ingredients into the bread pan, push a few buttons and walk away. Three hours later, fresh bread! With real ingredients and no high-fructose glop, MSG, or lead.

That old breadmaker met its maker (ha!) this spring. So I spent some of my bread on a new one.

For some “Little House on the Prairie” reason, I do the bread machine does my baking on Sundays. It just seems like a nice way to start the week. I’ve baked white bread, wheat bread, Easter Bread, pumpkin bread and now…

Cinnamon Bread

Cinnamon bread! This is the second loaf I’ve done using this recipe and it smells and tastes like a dream. I toast a slice of it for breakfast every morning.

So next time you see a barely used bread maker at a yard sale, snag it!

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6 Responses to “Give us this day our daily bread”

  • Dave aka d.mo Says:
    November 10th, 2008 at 9:15 am

    See, this is one of the reasons I could never go on a weight loss program that restricted my intake of bread.

    I love bread. I will even eat it plain by the slice, especially Milton’s whole grain bread. And about the only thing I love more than bread is fresh-baked bread.

    The only let-down, of course, is the amount of work and time involved for something that I”ll devour even before it has a chance to cool off!

  • Ani Says:
    November 10th, 2008 at 10:25 am

    You totally inspired me to use mine. I love me some olive bread!

  • Tommy Says:
    November 10th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    How about a BreadCam???????

    Is CookieCam 2008 coming?

  • Kristen Says:
    November 10th, 2008 at 10:24 pm

    I was with you when you bought that breadmaker!

    Please CookieCam 2008???

  • Dorene - Occasional Rambling Says:
    November 11th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    I just broke out the breadmaker today and had the same “this is so easy, why am I not doing it more often” revelation. I’m hoping to use it more often. Fresh, warm bread really is yummy.

  • tiger Says:
    November 12th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    All this talk about your bread… you’re inspiring me to pull my bread maker back out. :) Care to share your cinnamon bread recipe? I’, suddenly remembering making peanut butter bread a few times that made delicious toast. Yum.