. Dealer: Amazon.comThe Breville BBM800XL Custom Loaf Bread Maker is a very good appliance for all around bread making including gluten free and 100% whole wheat. It also has the added convenience of an automatic fruit and nut dispenser that adds ingredients mid-way through the kneading process. It will bake loaves in 1 pound, 1-1/2, 2 pound and a whopping 2-1/2 pound loaf. It features 13 bread settings, 3 crust settings and a customized setting feature and is generally well liked by its owners. It can prepare jams, jellies and sauces that require mixing and heating but most owners prefer the bread making function. It also features a collapsible paddle designed to reduce the size of the hole left in the bottom of the baked loaf.
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Intuitive and Easy to Use Control PanelThe LCD control panel is large, easy to read and easy to understand. In addition, it allows you to customize settings for complex recipes such as whole wheat and gluten free. An example of a customized setting applies to whole wheat recipes allowing you to adjust the time and temperature for multiple steps including the preheat, knead 1, knead 2, rise 1, rise 2, punchdowns, rise 3, bake, and an optional “keep warm” phase. This setting feature is not programmable for all recipes, but most can be customized to some degree. It also allows you to preset baking times overnight or while you’re away at work so the loaf is warm and ready when you want it.Collapsible Bread PaddleThe collapsible bread paddle is unique to Breville and designed to minimize the size of the hole usually left in the bottom of a baked load by kneading paddles. It’s hard to say if that is a significant concern for most home bread-bakers, but if that’s something that’s important to you – The Breville BBM800XL has it. Unfortunately, the most consistent complaint about the Breville bread maker happens to be this collapsible paddle.“The collapsible paddle takes a giant chunk out of most breads, especially yeast – free breads such as cornbread.”“Collapsing was not working well.
I would prefer non-collapsible paddle.”The failure of the paddle to collapse like it’s supposed too, plus the fact that it can leave a larger hole in some breads which it’s designed to avoid, is a bit ironic. The machine also comes with a standard paddle designed for jams and jellies so you might want to try that one if the collapsible paddle fails you.Non-stick Bread Pan for Up to 2-1/2 Pound LoafsThere aren’t a lot of bread machines out there that can bake a 2-1/2 pound loaf. If size matters for you, the Breville could be a good choice. Some customers commented that smaller loaves come out uneven due to the larger size of the bread pan.“Smaller batches sometimes don’t fill up the bottom evenly, resulting in an unevenly shaped loaf.”This can be corrected by redistributing the dough at the bottom before rising or adding a bit more water, but it’s an extra step for a smaller loaf. The pan itself is coated with Teflon although Breville only refers to it as “non-stick.”Automatically Adds Fruits and NutsIf you like to bake dessert breads or breakfast loaves such as raisin bread, you know that the addition of these ingredients has to be done midway through the kneading process. The Breville BBM800XL features an automatic dispenser that will add these ingredients at the appropriate time.
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A few owners felt that the dispenser broke easily and some thought it was too small for larger-size loaves.“The nut dispenser could be larger. It did not work when overfilled (leaving the nut door open).”A curious limitation for a bread maker uniquely designed to bake larger loaves, although most owners like the automatic dispenser.100% Whole Wheat and Gluten SettingsThe Breville bread maker does a good job with whole wheat and gluten free breads. It sometimes requires some customization of settings to add a kneading and rising cycle, but the machine is designed to allow you to do that especially when you select one of these settings.“I’ve used it to make whole wheat bread on numerous occasions and they all turned out great.”.
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