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Old Apr 16, 2013 | 8:00 am
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Originally Posted by nkedel
The timer feature that many bread makers is great for that if you are OK with the bake-in-the-maker loaves (and don't make recipes that call for fresh milk or other ingedients that spoil too quickly).

Just put starter ingredients in the maker before bed, let it run on the dough cycle, dump the other ingredients on top before work, and set the machine to start about 3 hours (or whatever the length of the cycle is) before you get home. Fresh bread on arrival.
Yup, not a fan of how my bread machine bakes loaves - the hole in the bottom, the crust isn't great, it seems hit or miss as to whether it cooks evenly (and it isn't a cheap machine). I prefer shaping it and baking in the oven, it just seems so much nicer that way.
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