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Zojirushi Breadmakers

Sooner — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:57:26 GMT

I got an e-mail from Amazon about deals on Zojirushi bread makers tomorrow in case any one is interested. They will be live starting 12 p.m. PST.

I love mine!

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

Northern Belle 2 — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:15:57 GMT

I have one in my Wish List, both at QVC and Amazon. I will see how much they discount it before deciding to buy. Hope it's a good sale!

Thanks for the heads up. 😁

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

Nightowlz — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 20:12:11 GMT

Thanks I will have to check the prices. No deals on Prime Day that I could see. I did find they had a deal in April that I missed.

Have some dough in the bread machine right now for some buttermilk bread.

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

J Town Girl — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 01:53:41 GMT

@Sooner Seeing your post about the Zojirushi Bread Maker made me think about getting mine out of the cupboard and making some bread. I bought the smaller version and used it quite a bit when I first purchased it. At that time you could purchase the bread mixes from local stores or the King Arthur website. Now you can't seem to find bread mixes anywhere.

It's a little more work to make the bread from scratch but it tastes so good that it's worth the extra time and ingredients.

I think I'll make some whole wheat pizza dough and have homemade pizza for dinner tomorrow night.

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Icegoddess — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 02:16:25 GMT

I bought a Hamilton Beach one earlier this year. It was on sale at Amazon at the time. I can't justify the Zo price. In fact, I only just today actually unpacked it. I cleaned the parts, ran the 10 minute bake cycle, and cleaned again, so it's ready to go now. I had to spend some time rearranging things in the kitchen to find a storage spot for it hidden from my husband. Before you think I'm afraid of my husband for buying things I'm not. It's just that he keeps thinking he wants to try a Keto diet, so I don't want to dangle a bread machine in front of him. I was thinking when I bought it I might make pizza dough in it, but now I know my Publix sells fresh pizza dough I would just go that route assuming I wanted to make fresh pizza.

Many, many years ago I had a DAK R2D2 machine that made large round loaves. I did use it for quite awhile, but lost interest, and then when I pulled it out again to make pizza dough it almost walked off the countertop. It also wasn't meant for making the heavier whole grain breads people like to make these days. But, it was an impressive machine at the time and really before home bread machines became mainstream.

Not sure if I'll get to make a test loaf this weekend. I have to pick up some bread flour and I need to see when hubby will be returning from his boat trip. Or, I may just have to wait for his next boat trip.

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

Sooner — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 02:40:35 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
I bought a Hamilton Beach one earlier this year. It was on sale at Amazon at the time. I can't justify the Zo price. In fact, I only just today actually unpacked it. I cleaned the parts, ran the 10 minute bake cycle, and cleaned again, so it's ready to go now. I had to spend some time rearranging things in the kitchen to find a storage spot for it hidden from my husband. Before you think I'm afraid of my husband for buying things I'm not. It's just that he keeps thinking he wants to try a Keto diet, so I don't want to dangle a bread machine in front of him. I was thinking when I bought it I might make pizza dough in it, but now I know my Publix sells fresh pizza dough I would just go that route assuming I wanted to make fresh pizza.

Many, many years ago I had a DAK R2D2 machine that made large round loaves. I did use it for quite awhile, but lost interest, and then when I pulled it out again to make pizza dough it almost walked off the countertop. It also wasn't meant for making the heavier whole grain breads people like to make these days. But, it was an impressive machine at the time and really before home bread machines became mainstream.

Not sure if I'll get to make a test loaf this weekend. I have to pick up some bread flour and I need to see when hubby will be returning from his boat trip. Or, I may just have to wait for his next boat trip.

@Icegoddess Oh I would love to have R2D2!!! I have an R2D2 Instant pot--but it's not the same!!! A friend used to make the best orange bread in his. It was in the book that came with it.

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

Sooner — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 02:44:34 GMT

@J Town Girl wrote:
@Sooner Seeing your post about the Zojirushi Bread Maker made me think about getting mine out of the cupboard and making some bread. I bought the smaller version and used it quite a bit when I first purchased it. At that time you could purchase the bread mixes from local stores or the King Arthur website. Now you can't seem to find bread mixes anywhere.

It's a little more work to make the bread from scratch but it tastes so good that it's worth the extra time and ingredients.

I think I'll make some whole wheat pizza dough and have homemade pizza for dinner tomorrow night.

@J Town Girl We bought some air-tight containers and make our own. We just measure out about 4 or 5 loaves at a time--putting all the dry ingredients for a loaf in one container that fits without a lot of room for air.

When we make bread we put in the liquid, dump in the contents of the container and add the yeast fresh from the freezer at that time. It makes great bread--you really don't have to layer it in the machine--just dump dry into wet, add the butter and yeast and let it rip! LOL!!!

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

Icegoddess — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 02:53:38 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@Icegoddess wrote:
I bought a Hamilton Beach one earlier this year. It was on sale at Amazon at the time. I can't justify the Zo price. In fact, I only just today actually unpacked it. I cleaned the parts, ran the 10 minute bake cycle, and cleaned again, so it's ready to go now. I had to spend some time rearranging things in the kitchen to find a storage spot for it hidden from my husband. Before you think I'm afraid of my husband for buying things I'm not. It's just that he keeps thinking he wants to try a Keto diet, so I don't want to dangle a bread machine in front of him. I was thinking when I bought it I might make pizza dough in it, but now I know my Publix sells fresh pizza dough I would just go that route assuming I wanted to make fresh pizza.

Many, many years ago I had a DAK R2D2 machine that made large round loaves. I did use it for quite awhile, but lost interest, and then when I pulled it out again to make pizza dough it almost walked off the countertop. It also wasn't meant for making the heavier whole grain breads people like to make these days. But, it was an impressive machine at the time and really before home bread machines became mainstream.

Not sure if I'll get to make a test loaf this weekend. I have to pick up some bread flour and I need to see when hubby will be returning from his boat trip. Or, I may just have to wait for his next boat trip.
@Icegoddess Oh I would love to have R2D2!!! I have an R2D2 Instant pot--but it's not the same!!! A friend used to make the best orange bread in his. It was in the book that came with it.

@Sooner it WAS a great machine. I ended up selling it, so somebody hopefully got some good use out of it. Too bad you don't still have the recipe since you could probably use it in your new Zo assuming you buy one, although you might have to monkey with it due to difference in size. That was one big loaf, really too much for just the two of us. I think I still had the instruction manual when I sold it and gave it to the buyer. However, you might actually be able to find it or just the recipe online.

Try this link (I don't think there are any ads to get it poofed): https://manualzz.com/doc/6631543/dak-turbo-baker-ii-fab-200

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

Northern Belle 2 — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 06:59:59 GMT

I have the Orange Bread recipe from the DAK recipe book. I used to have the R2D2 DAK machine and loved it, but eventually sold it when I upgraded to a model with more bells and whistles. I've been unable to log in for several days and wanted to post this recipe earlier, so I hope Sooner sees it. My favorite from the book is the Golden Egg Bread. That's why I still have the recipe book; I never want to lose that recipe. I will try the Orange Bread due to the glowing review, though. 🙂

Orange Bread

1 pkg. yeast

3 cups bread flour

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 TBS butter

1 egg

2 TBS grated orange rind

1 cup orange juice (room temperature)

1/4 cup hot water

Add all ingredients into the pan according to the instructions for your bread machine. Select the White Bread setting.

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

shoesnbags — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:24:24 GMT

@Northern Belle 2 wrote:
I have the Orange Bread recipe from the DAK recipe book. I used to have the R2D2 DAK machine and loved it, but eventually sold it when I upgraded to a model with more bells and whistles. I've been unable to log in for several days and wanted to post this recipe earlier, so I hope Sooner sees it. My favorite from the book is the Golden Egg Bread. That's why I still have the recipe book; I never want to lose that recipe. I will try the Orange Bread due to the glowing review, though. 🙂

Orange Bread

1 pkg. yeast
3 cups bread flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 TBS butter
1 egg
2 TBS grated orange rind
1 cup orange juice (room temperature)
1/4 cup hot water

Add all ingredients into the pan according to the instructions for your bread machine. Select the White Bread setting.

@Sooner

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

Sooner — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:16:25 GMT

@shoesnbags You are so great to post that! I can't wait to make it. It brings back some very good memories of my old friend!

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shoesnbags — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 02:29:43 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@shoesnbags You are so great to post that! I can't wait to make it. It brings back some very good memories of my old friend!

@Sooner

@Northern Belle 2 actually posted the recipe and said that she hoped you would see it. But she didn't tag you, so I tagged you in hopes that you wouldn't miss it. Now that I've seen it, I'd like to try it, too. 💕

Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

Sooner — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 02:41:34 GMT

@shoesnbags wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@shoesnbags You are so great to post that! I can't wait to make it. It brings back some very good memories of my old friend!
@Sooner
@Northern Belle 2 actually posted the recipe and said that she hoped you would see it. But she didn't tag you, so I tagged you in hopes that you wouldn't miss it. Now that I've seen it, I'd like to try it, too. 💕

@Northern Belle 2 @shoesnbags Will report tomorrow! We have a loaf in a breadmaker now!

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Sooner — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 12:56:53 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@shoesnbags wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@shoesnbags You are so great to post that! I can't wait to make it. It brings back some very good memories of my old friend!
@Sooner
@Northern Belle 2 actually posted the recipe and said that she hoped you would see it. But she didn't tag you, so I tagged you in hopes that you wouldn't miss it. Now that I've seen it, I'd like to try it, too. 💕
@Northern Belle 2 @shoesnbags Will report tomorrow! We have a loaf in a breadmaker now!

@shoesnbags @Northern Belle 2 The bread is very good! We both like it a lot.

It rose to the top of the bread machine, just touching the window. I used bread machine yeast and next time will try active dry yeast maybe. It is still good though, just rose a little much!

And that's better than too little!

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Northern Belle 2 — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 14:03:45 GMT

@Sooner
I never knew about 'tagging' another poster, so I'm glad that @shoesnbags tagged you. I am mostly a read-only member of the forums and rarely reply, etc., so I'm not up on all of the features. Learn something new every day! 😁

I agree, that a recipe that rises too high is much better than one that doesn't rise enough. I can't wait to buy another machine. It wasn't in the budget this month, so I didn't use the discount code from the Amazon live event, but I believe they will have more events in the future. In fact, the presenter said that they are having another live event in mid-July, featuring one of their rice cookers. I am now signed up for their notifications, so I will be buying a new machine very soon.

Thanks for starting this thread. I never knew about the Amazon live events, so I appreciate the heads up. They offered a 20% discount code on two machines; the Virtuoso and a smaller, white machine. That would have been a $60+ savings. Not bad.

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Sooner — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 14:36:45 GMT

@Northern Belle 2 I am not up on everything either, so I too am always happy to learn something!

We bought our first bread machine in 1992. We have had several since. The older model 1 pound Zo loaf maker, with the handle, is a champ. I don't remember many a bad loaf (mostly "operator error") and we've had it a very long time.

We bought the new Maestro 1 pound more than a year ago and the first one was a dud. Sent it back and got another one and it is wonderful! It makes the best wheat bread by far of all the machines we have had--which includes two of the large Zo's.

I also have a Cuisinart I bought about 5 years ago at Williams Sonoma because I had a bunch of discounts, rebates and coupons and it was less then sixty dollars or something and it makes 1 1/2 pound loaves--so I made the orange bread in it.

The Cuisinart makes fine bread, but is not built like the Zo's and I don't like the loaf shape as well. But it works fine. We keep the Maestro out on the counter and use it very often.

So some history for you, ha!, and best wishes on scoring a bread machine at a good price! If I see something I'll let you know!