Bread Machine Magic: 139 Exciting New Recipes Created Especially for Use in All Types of Bread Machines [Paperback]

Linda Rehberg (Author), Lois Conway (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 1992

Owners of an automatic bread machine know it's the hot new kitchen appliance that takes the kneading, shaping, proofing and frustration out of baking bread. Now the authors, who tested thousands of loaves using all the major brands of bread machines, offer more than 130 recipes for making amazing homemade bread.

Product Details

• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (February 15, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312069146
• ISBN-13: 978-0312069148
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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65 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY THE BEST, March 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bread Machine Magic: 139 Exciting New Recipes Created Especially for Use in All Types of Bread Machines (Paperback)

This is absolutely the best book on baking with bread machines--bar none! I've had a bread machine for years--I love the homebaked flavor and texture and aroma, but not the time it takes to do it all by hand--and have purchased many books with recipes for bread machines. None of them could even begin to live up to this one. Besides the basics, there are recipes for filled breads, sweet breads and pastries--like the scrumptious recipe for cinnamon rolls. I live in Europe but found that this book works well here--all I needed was a set of American measuring cups and spoons and the recipes were perfectly adaptable. I used to make all of my bread "by hand" and welcomed the advent of the bread machine. Now things have improved by leaps and bounds with the arrival of this book. I really can't praise it highly enough. I'd give it ten stars if I could!

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a Bad Book, But Seriously Outdated, August 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bread Machine Magic: 139 Exciting New Recipes Created Especially for Use in All Types of Bread Machines (Paperback)

I love my bread machine and have enjoyed using it for several years without a cookbook, but when Cook's Illustrated, which is generally scornful of breadmakers, recommended Lois Conway, I decided to pick up this book and her more recent "More Bread Machine Magic."

Though I've found four or five recipes in "Bread Machine Magic" that I will continue to make, I have to warn users that it is very dated. Most of the models listed are no longer made (or, if they are, are radically different) so few of the suggestions for use have any meaning. It also means that these recipes were not tested on the new, more high tech breadmakers of today, requiring slight adjustments in almost all the amounts and rendering the "advice" and "how to cook" chapters all but irrelevant. A big drawback is that 2 lb. recipes are nonexistent, as 2 lb. machines didn't exist when this book was written.

This isn't necessarily a bad book, but if you're looking for a good bread machine cookbook I'd recommend skipping this outdated volume and instead choosing "More Bread Machine Magic," which was released in 1999.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST BREAD BOOK EVER, January 28, 2000

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Judith S. Mcallaster "MOMMAVETCH" (WATERTOWN, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bread Machine Magic: 139 Exciting New Recipes Created Especially for Use in All Types of Bread Machines (Paperback)

I have had a bread machine for many years. Have gone through many machines and accumulated many books for bread machines. Always felt that there could be something better. Well I tried this book and let me tell you there is none better. Have tried many of the recipes and every single one of them is wonderful. And if you are looking for a Cinnamon Roll recipe you must get this book and try the recipe on page 128. Have convinced many others to purchase this book by giving a little taste.