{"id":4427,"date":"2019-11-04T23:55:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T07:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2024-08-29T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:31:17","slug":"bert-sans-take-zojirushi-breadmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/bert-sans-take-zojirushi-breadmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Bert-san\u2019s Take\u2014Zojirushi Breadmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Who knew I could actually bake? And that my Rainbow Bread could look so beautiful? I mean, I cannot believe I did this just by following instructions (which I\u2019m really good at) and literally pushing a button. BUT\u2026I\u2019m taking credit where credit is due; even though this crazy amazing breadmaker by Zojirushi does all the heavy lifting, I did have to make the rainbow part, and it wasn\u2019t easy.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the trickiest part of baking with the breadmaker might very well be reading the manual. It\u2019s written out pretty well, but for a novice like me, I read and re-read it so I wouldn\u2019t screw up, and I still<\/em> managed to stumble on a few steps. I baked with the Zojirushi Home Bakery Maestro\u00ae<\/em> (BB-SSC10),<\/strong><\/span><\/a> which is perfect for us because it\u2019s compact and bakes a 1-lb. loaf; we can\u2019t eat that much in a span of 3-days anyway.<\/p>\n

The first thing I did was line up all my ingredients for a simple, basic white bread\u2014flour, dried milk, sugar, salt, unsalted butter, dry yeast and water. Then I studied:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After carefully measuring all the ingredients, I started to load the baking pan, and promptly forgot to add the yeast last so it wouldn’t get wet. This is what it’s supposed to look like (my second try), with the water underneath all those dry ingredients, and the yeast sitting on top.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Then the breadmaker does the rest\u2014which is great if you\u2019re baking plain white bread, but I was planning Rainbow Bread, so I was supposed to interrupt the cycle to add food coloring to the dough. My second mistake\u2014I set the cycle wrong so I had to let it go and settle for plain white bread this first time around. Oh well, I needed a test run anyway!<\/p>\n

The unveiling of the finished loaf! So exciting! And it smelled soooo good!<\/p>\n