The Breadman tr2000c ultimate bread machine has been rated as the best bread maker on the market today. However, based on the reviews, customers have had a lot of problems with this machine. Some of the more common ones tend to be that once you put in the flour, yeast and water, the machine mixes the ingredients fine, but it starts to knead the dough pops up over the top.
The customer service was not really of any help because the advice was to bend the metal stars, which did not work at all. Another problem with this machine is that the paddle does not knead the dough properly. It tends to get stuck and then stops completely. Needless to say, a few customers have been really frustrated with this bread maker.
No matter what brand of bread maker you use, you can use a bread maker mix to help you bake different kinds of breads. You can also make you own mix and freeze it so that whenever you want to make bread, the mix is already there for you. To create your own mix for bread, all you have to do is combine 13 cups of flour with 2 tablespoons of salt, 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of instant milk.
You can measure out the amount you need for according to the size of loaf pan in your machine and add the yeast when you are ready to start the baking process. You will need to add 1 tablespoon of soft butter and 3/4 cup of warm water for a small loaf. For a machine with a larger size loaf pan, add 2 tablespoons of yeast, 1 1/4 tablespoons of butter and 1 1/4 cups of warm water. This recipe gives you the fresh bread you like for your toast each morning.
The recipe for a basic bread mix is the same and you can add or omit different ingredients when you want to make different kinds of home-made bread. For French bread, for example, all you have to do is leave out the butter. For cinnamon raisin bread, add 1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon and 1 1/2 cups of raisins. If your machine has a beeper, it makes it a lot easier to know when to add the raisins so they get distributed evenly throughout the dough. If you want to make sweet bread, just add a tablespoon of sugar and an egg to the recipe.