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Customer Reviews of Oster 5838 ExpressBake Breadmaker, White
Customer Rating:  Summary: Get this bread machine Comment: This was the most pleasant cooking surprise of my life. After reading reviews for the last six months, visiting kitchen stores, talking to friends who bake, I narrowed my decision to two items. I was either going to get a Cuisinart stand mixer to knead the dough & then bake the bread in the oven, OR I was going to get a Zojirushi BBCCX20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine. I ended up doing neither because I bought this Oster on a whim for $25.00 from someone who couldn't take it with her when she was moving. I thought I'd try it out for a while to see if I really liked bread machines before investing in a "better" one. My main concern about bread machines was the fact that I like a crusty, chewy crust...the kind you get with homemade artisan bread. Could that be accomplshed with a bread machine? I took the bread machine home and followed the unbelievably simple instructions for the french bread recipe, choosing 'medium' for the crust color. The buttons on the bread machine were foolproof. You do three things after throwing the ingredients (in the correct order) into the pan: 1. select the type of bread you are making 2. choose the crust color 3. press start That's IT! The bread came out PERFECTLY. The crust was everything I hoped for - chewy & crusty. The house smelled fabulous with the nice freshly baked bread aroma, the pan was easily wiped clean, and perhaps best of all, it made a horizontal loaf in a nice-looking bread machine that doesn't take up a lot of counter space. Operating the machine was so clear that I didn't have to read the directions (though I DID read them after-the-fact just for fun this morning). The only thing I would do differently would be to try to use a bit less salt (for my health) in the recipe. And next time I'm going to experiment & make some kalamata olive bread. The machine beeps at a certain point in the process to tell you now's the time to add herbs, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, etc.. There is also a timer so you can time the bread to be ready when you come home from work. Having been in a house fire, I'm VERY wary of having anything cooking when I am not there. I'm sure it's safe & everyone uses that feature, but... So, don't feel like you have to spend a lot on a "better" bread machine. This one works beautifully, is simple to use AND you'll have money left over to buy that other kitchen gadget you've always wanted. Customer Rating: Summary: Love, Love, Love Comment: This has been the BEST purchase of any kitchen appliance I've made in several years. Every loaf of bread I've made has turned out wonderful. I started using just the recipes in the book provided which were all really good. I went to allrecipes.com and found several recipes there and have tried them and they also have worked great. Just make sure you put the ingredients in the same order that the book has you do them. I always use bread flour and you need to get your measurements right. I think both these things are the key to getting a great loaf of bread. This past weekend I used the dough cycle for the first time and made the best dinner rolls ever. You may have to get a gym membership because the bread is so good, you will want to bake it a lot. Customer Rating: Summary: Makes delicious bread Comment: After returning 2 breadman machines within 2 weeks, I purchased the Oster (and it was cheaper). I am very pleased with it. My husband and son like the long loaf style (my old machine was the tall loaf style). The country white bread recipe on the normal bake cycle works perfectly. I have not tried the other cycles (bread in less than an hour just doesn't seem right - and you have to adjust the recipe). I always remove the bread as soon as it is done, fold it up in a dish towel and let it cool on a wire rack. It turns out beautifully. My husband baked a loaf one day and forgot to get it right away - by the time he remembered, the bread had cooled in the pan. The crust was much thicker and very hard, but the bread still tasted delicious. I also tried my own recipe which worked well once I adjusted for the yeast (for 1.5 pound loaf - no more than 2 tsp of yeast - just a quarter tsp more and it falls). I am very, very pleased for the price. The motor sounds a little weak, but so far has kneaded the dough well (I only bake 1.5 lb loaves). Sometimes a little flour is left in the corners, but it makes no difference in the flavor or constituency of the bread. A note of caution - make sure that you are following the correct recipe for the type of setting. The recipes are separated according to express-bake and normal bake. The express-bake recipes will not work on the normal cycle, nor will the normal bake recipes work on the express-bake cycle. Customer Rating: Summary: Yummy and Easy Comment: I got this breadmaker -- my first -- from my local FreeCycle group. I'm very happy with it, though I have made mistakes. In my first loaf, I hand mixed the ingredients and then realized I still had to add the yeast -- a crucial mistake that would have caused a huge mess, I'm told. I started over from scratch. For that round, I added too little water because I didn't realize that 1 and 5/8 cups was more than 1 1/2 cups. (Stupid fractions. Why not just say 13 ounces of water, Oster? That's a measuring cup I actually have.) The bread came out with the consistency of sand. So with my third try, I got it right with a little help from the Hill Billy Housewife's blog. Now I have this great loaf, and I'm ready to bake another loaf before I hit the hay tonight. (On the third loaf, I also tried the delay setting (adding 20 minutes) and found it worked just fine, and so I'll keep experimenting with that.) Since I got mine free, I couldn't complain about the missing manual. I found it online, and that was a huge plus. (Thanks Oster! That kind of makes up for my public school education.) Customer Rating:  Summary: buena maquina!!! Comment: es muy fácil de usar y sale bien con las recetas que trae incluidas, pero no trajo ningún medidor de materiales. otras si la traen, pero para el precio esta bien.. la uso 4 veces por semana y hay día que hago dos pan. buen producto good machine!!! More Reviews Versatile - makes 1 lb., 1.5 lb, or 2 lb. Family-size horizontal loaves.Make a variety of all-natural breads with 18 bread settings & 3 crust color selections.Easy to use manual with over 50 recipes included.Come home to fresh baked bread with the 13 hour delay bake timer.Simple and easy to use with 3-step programming.Create fresh bread fast with 58 minute Express Bake cycle.Serve the bread when you are ready with the 60 minute keep warm features.Add fruits & nuts with ease with audible add in signal.Modern oval design offers large glass view window, removable lid, non-stick aluminum bread pan, and cool touch exterior. 
Choosing Appliance -> Convection Ovens Convection ovens allow you to bake more foods (cookies, muffins, etc.) at once with even browning, but without the need to shift and rotate pans. A convection oven is the same as a conventional oven except a fan is installed in the back interior of the oven. The fan is used to blow and force the heat to circulate in the oven and around the food, thus eliminating the need to rotate and shift pans. In reality, though, even with the most expensive convection ovens, you will still need to rotate your foods, because there will always exist still hot spots in the cavity, because the cavity is small. Don't compare home convection ovens with most commercial convection ovens used by bakers and small food manufacturers, because their commercial ovens are much larger than home ovens and commercial ovens don't have any hot spots and therefore, there's no need to shift and rotate pans. Choosing Appliance -> Dishwashers Check the capacity. 'Standard' 60cm wide dishwashers can take 12, 14 or 16 place settings, whilst slimline 45cm models may cater for 7, 8 or 9 place settings. Compact dishwashers tend to be 45 cm wide and can be placed on the worktop or built in, depending on the model. They may take 4, 5 or 6 place settings. Oster 5838 ExpressBake Breadmaker, White
Kitchen tips -> Sifting of dry ingredients If sifting of dry ingredients is called for in a recipe, instead of sifting, add all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix with a wire whisk. |
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