My parents bought me this bread machine for Christmas – I have tried various mixtures and followed the recipes exactly, I even bought ready mixed bread ingredients and after the rising stage the bread has always come out flat and inedible. If you’re gluten-free, you may want to avoid the included recipe, it fared better with our own version. There’s no doubt that the machine is an attractive device, and would look great in any modern kitchen. Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. There's no ingredient dispenser but it helpfully makes a noise when it's time to add extra ingredients.

Use the dough option to mix and raise your bread in the maker before styling it to cook in the oven for various shapes and styles of bread or select the colour of your final crust in the machine with the three separate options available. Don't compare this to the high end market of bread makers such as the Panasonic models as it cannot stand up. While they’re not a necessity, there are a number of features that some bread makers come with that only serve to enhance the baking experience.This model had a tendency to jump around on the worktop when kneading and, on occasion, our finished loaves were difficult to remove from the pan. There’s no doubting that it’s an extremely versatile device, with programmes for cakes, pizza dough and jam along with the standard bread cycles. We test bread makers by making a white loaf using both the manufacturer’s recipe (if one is supplied) and Good Housekeeping’s own recipe.

Introductions are limited to motor finance, CarMoney Limited will pay us a fixed commission per paid out deal. This Panasonic SD-2511KXC bread machine is a fully automated appliance that will take your bread-making to the next level. It cooked a large white loaf all the way through and gave it a brown crust, but left our small one with an uneven rise. The Andrew James Premium Bread Maker with automatic raisin and nut dispenser is a relatively new device so there aren’t many reviews in comparison to other models.Where all bread makers will have the standard white and wholemeal settings, as you’ll see with our top-scorers, many of them come with much more. The acid test for any bread maker is whether you can setup the device, forget about it and then come back later to a loaf of warm, tasty and fresh bread, and this machine is capable of doing this.