I make bread all the time - And just bought Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bakery Cookbook. Worth every penny and has the measurements all in weights.

Brioche, baguettes, plain white Pullman loaves. I make them all.

And I do my own pizza dough. Make up a triple batch, slow rise it, divide it and freeze. Pizza for a month. I use the Joy of Cooking recipe.

Never had a bread machine, but love my KitchenAid stand mixer.