...what's in my bread machine right now:
Homemade Wheat Bread dough...

Candy asked:

I am in the market for a bread machine. What kind do you have? I definitely want one that will knead dough. What are features that you really like about yours?

I wrote about my bread machine here. If you read the comments on that post, there are lots of recommendations and ideas from others, too! :)

You can also use the search box on the right sidebar of my website... type in "bread machine" and it should bring up different posts where I talked about what I like to do with my machine, tips, etc... :)

I think all bread machines knead the dough. As you will read in my post I don't bake in my machine, I just use it to knead the dough. It maintains a nice warm environment for that first rise, too!

I use my bread machine A LOT. I do all kinds of stuff in it... probably even stuff I'm not supposed to do (like mixing up 3 loaves of bread at once! I "help" it along with a spoon if needed...)but I just figure I may as well enjoy it and get as much out of it as I can! :)

It also has a timer feature, meaning -- I can put the ingredients for pizza dough in the bread machine and have it set to start mixing up the dough while I'm away (or just really busy!) and it just makes life easier sometimes... like coming home from the grocery store or waking up in the morning and having a head start on the bread.

I have even set bread dough on the timer feature and had the dough ready to be made into loaves at 6 am! Nothing like hot fresh bread for breakfast, right? ;) Actually, the bread machine going off when I'm supposed to be getting up is a good way to ensure that I get out of bed and start being productive. For me, it helps kick me into gear for the day! :)