Is your bread machine doing a job your mixer can't?

Published about 10 hours ago • 1 min read

If you already own a bread machine, you may have wondered whether your stand mixer could do the same job.

I use both, but for a single batch of bread dough, there’s one part of the process that keeps me reaching for the bread machine.

See how the two compare—and why I usually stop my bread machine before it bakes anything.

brerad machine next to a stand mixer with the bread made in each machine in front of them. — Comparing a bread machine and a stand mixer for making yeast bread

Here is a special pumpkin bread recipe for you to try this month.

Bread Machine Pumpkin Brioche Cinnamon Twist Loaf

Sliced Pumpkin Brioche Twiston a cutting board — Make a pumpkin brioche cinnamon twist with rich, buttery dough mixed in a bread machine, chilled for at least 4 hours, then shaped and baked in the oven. Allow at least 8 hours from start to finish, or make the dough one day and shape and bake it the next.

Click here for recipe

Readers Say...

"The pumpkin brioche was wonderful! Bill and I had some after lunch and then called it dessert after dinner."—Pat C.

So glad you're here,

Paula

Paula Rhodes | Home Economist

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