My husband is a superb bread maker. He scorns a bread machine, but does have a Kitchenaid then kneads it by hand. Many years ago, he took an adult ed class from a woman who was a cancer researcher. She made bread to relax. She taught the class 6 or 7 recipes a night for a multi week course. It included traditional breaks, pita, English muffins, crackers, and more. It gave him great confidence. He will tackle any bread recipe now. I particularly like his sundried tomato/olive bread, his grandmother's potato water biscuits, and his Italian walnut raisin bread. I really really like his English muffins but that's the one recipe he won't made. It simply takes too long and is too fiddly.