possibly the best bread machine book in the world - Rated 
it works , turns out wonderfully soft bread every time, you will need no other book ever!!. my bread makers a breadman pro
This is not a book for true, 100% Bread Machine Baking! - Rated 
A major dissappointment! If you're looking for a collection of recipes, where your bread machine does all the work, DON'T buy this book! Despite it's name, this book is not a collection of true bread machine recipes. The majority of recipes only make use of the machine's dough kneading ability...you must then remove the dough, reform and place it in a different pan for baking in a traditional oven. For myself at least, that totally defeats the idea of having a bread machine in the first place.
In three sections, "Flatbreads & Pizzas", "Sourdough Breads" and "Teabreads & Cakes" every recipe requires baking in a regular oven. In the "Sweetbreads" section, 15 of the 22 recipes require dough removal or some form of user intervention. In the "Savoury" section, 10 of the 17 recipes also require this. Even in the "Basic" section, 2 of the 16 recipes require traditional baking, including the French bread, which is surprising, as most machines have a cycle dedicated to this purpose.
Furthermore, if you're into healthy breads using 100% whole wheat and other grains, look elsewhere. You won't find even a basic recipe for 100% whole wheat bread in this book. Virtually all the recipes make extensive use of white flour. Only small amounts of whole grain flours are occasionally used for flavouring.
The book does contain much useful information for baking with a bread machine, but no more so than other bread machine books. If you're looking for a big selection of recipes allowing one to put in the ingredients and come back several hours later for a finished loaf, look elsewhere...there are much better books dedicated to true, 100% bread machine baking.
Every kind of bread recipe you could possibly want - Rated 
Since getting this book I have not needed to look anywhere else for a bread machine or hand made bread recipe. It has a huge selection of different types of sweet and savoury bread and rolls, even containing a small tea loaf/cake section at the back. The introductions are really useful and also interesting, and I have found the recipes consistently good. The only possible negative I can think of is that the basic bread machine loaves tend to be on the dense and heavy side, (perfect for melba toast!) but they still taste fantastic, and the introduction gives you enough knowledge to adapt the loaves to your preference. All in all brilliant value for an indispensable book for anyone with a breadmaker.
Truly the ultimate bread machine cookbook - Rated
I bought several bread recipe books when I was given my new breadmaker. Some of these other books were much more expensive, but this book by Jenny Shapter was definitely by far the best. The layout is brilliant, the introduction chapter very compressive, and the recipes are all yummy and worth trying, and they all came out perfectly via my panasonic breadmaker. The sheer size (44) and weight of the volume was surprising, especially given the price - definitely the best value for money.
BRILLIANT - Rated
A fab cook book for those of you who own a bread machine. The recipes can be used with any bread maker and the instructions are very easy to follow. The results are beautiful yummy bread recipes that you'll make over and over again.
Highly recommend, and the price is great.
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