In the 21st century, the lives of women and men became much easier. Electronic "helpers" surround us from all sides: in the store, at work, at home. It is hard to imagine that our grandparents did without them. Especially without a smart device - bread makers.
1. House assistant
Bread maker is a very necessary thing in the house. She frees a woman from the laborious process of kneading dough. No need to put a dough, look for a warm place for her. Then thoroughly knead, unfold the finished dough, adjust the temperature of the oven, monitor the baked product.
The assistant will do everything herself and without assistance. Just put the necessary ingredients in the baking bowl according to the recipe, select the desired program, time (if it is not automatically set) and go about your business.
2. Opportunities for bread makers
Modern home bakers can be used not only for baking wheat, whole grain, yeast, yeast-free, cereal bread, loaf. You can bake a cupcake or cake in it.
A smart unit will easily knead the dough for dumplings, manti, pizza. He will cook aromatic jam, prepare tender yogurt or pudding. The finished product will be free of harmful impurities and preservatives. A bread machine can fulfill almost any wish.
3. Features of bread makers
Depending on the price and brand of the manufacturer, bread makers differ:
- weight of the finished product;
- different power consumption;
- the shape of the baking container;
- the presence or absence of a dispenser;
- viewing window;
- a set of accessories.
3.1. Bread weight
At the very beginning of choosing the brand of the oven you need to decide how much bread will be enough for the family. In different bread machines, the weight of the finished product is obtained from 500 g to 1.5 kg.
Pay attention to the maximum and minimum baking weight that the manufacturer offers.
If it is difficult to determine the capacity of the bowl, then you can take the average volume of the finished product - 700-1000 g.
3.2. Power consumption
The power of the breadmaker is also different. The quality and structure of the test obtained and its airiness depend on the power consumed.
The higher the power, the better the connection of the components during mixing.
If you plan to bake rye bread, muffins or cakes, then it is better to give preference to a more powerful unit.
3.3. Baking container
The shape of the baking container or "bucket" is of only two types: horizontal and vertical.
In the horizontal "bucket" you get the usual store-bought bread - a loaf or "brick". Bread, similar to Easter cake, will be successfully baked in a container of vertical shape. "Buckets" differ in the number of kneading blades. There are two dough mixers in the horizontal bowl, and one in the vertical one.
The minus of the vertical bowls is that the top of the baked product is not so much browned as the sides. Horizontal bowls have a slight minus when mixing dough. The blades move in different directions during kneading and tear the bun of dough. As a result, the uneven rise of the dough and the crooked side of the bread at the exit.
3.4. Dispenser
Some models do not have an automatic dispenser, but there is a manual dispenser. At a certain time, the machine will signal when it is possible to open the breadmaker and load the necessary additives.
Dill, nuts, chocolate, sunflower seeds, coffee, sesame seeds, candied fruits will make baking useful and unique. The taste of baking is limited only by the flight of the hostess’s imagination or by the specific preferences of relatives.
3.5. Accessories
At the same time, the breadmaker, regardless of the brand of the manufacturer, contains almost the same components in its configuration:
- Kneading bowl - with one blade or with two blades.
- Kneading paddle.
- Beaker.
- Measuring spoon.
- Hook for extracting lobes from bread.
- Glass for yogurt.
