Bought it to save on sandwich bread, was 53 from best buy, originally 150 their site said. Now I just make bread every day. Then I started putting Vegemite on it and am addicted to that. Also Vegemite plus avocado toast is insanely good and cheap for the calories. Also good nutritional value.

I can speed make it in the morning with good preparation hacks. I use mason jars with all the dry ingredients ready to go in a drawer, and I use a digital scale to make adding flour fast and accurate.

  • @[email protected]
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    71 year ago

    My favourite place to buy small kitchen appliances is the thrift store. People love to buy kitchen gadgets but they don’t love to use them, so you can get nearly-new appliances for very little.

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      Do thrift stores still have good deals. I heard you could buy a bread maker there for like 8 bucks. But that was years ago. From what I heard they are all almost as expensive as Walmart or just out of stock for things like kitchen gadgets.

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      • lettruthout
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        Also check other thrift stores. Our smaller one supports a non-profit, we’re all volunteers so expenses are low. We get lots of donations so we have to keep our prices low to move items out the door.

        Pro Tip: volunteer at a thrift store to get first dibs on incoming items. It’s a great perk.

      • @SuperSoftAbby
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        They may be talking about “second-hand stores”. Those tend to be more expensive than thrift stores and are trying to profit off of the “thrift store” moniker. The main difference is that actual thrift stores tend to accept donations, whereas secondhand stores tend to operate more like antique stores. Another big clue into what type of store you are shopping at is our local thrift stores always have sales depending on the color of the tags. Also, actual thrift stores tend to be involved with the community (voucher programs with the local homeless/DV shelters). My favorite one had coupon days that they sent in the Wednesday circular, but now they are online via “My Square”.

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    +1 for the bread maker. We scored one for 10 bucks off the local craigslist equivalent and probably use it 3 or 4 times a week now. It took a couple weeks of fine tuning the proofing and baking time, but now we’re churning out loaves for about 60 cents a pop that would cost 3 or 4 dollars at the local bakery.

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    31 year ago

    Can you make keto-friendly bread at a price per loaf that’s lower than the $4-$8 that grocery stores charge for it?

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    31 year ago

    I’ve been curious about those machines. I see them all the time in my local thrift stores. I normally just make bread in my Dutch oven but I don’t always have the time or energy to dedicate to it. Are any brands better than others?

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      21 year ago

      So, I’ve got a high-end Hamilton Beach 2LB machine (was like CDN$99 on Amazon, and even that was an inflated price!) and a $250 “no name” machine with a few more features. They make pretty much identical bread. I’d have no problem recommending the Hamilton Beach model if you wanted to get one new (Model #29882).

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      11 year ago

      I bought a random one at the thrift store a few months ago, it’s some no name brand. My only requirement was finding one that didn’t have any scratches on the Teflon nonstick coating on the pan.

      It has been amazing, it takes literally 5mins to measure and throw the ingredients in there and push start. Took a little while to fine tune the recipe. It’s nothing like baking bread but I completely stopped buying bread after getting the machine. Now I can still bake when ever i want, but its an easy way to make sure I always have bread around.

      I read on r/BreadMachines that the brand really doesn’t matter, just buy one for 20usd or less and get started. So far it seems to be true for me.

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    11 year ago

    could you just make it with an oven or toaster oven, and/or while baking other food?

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    What’s your bread mix recipe? Great idea about the mason jars. If available where you live, Marmite and Promite are similar but hit just a little different. All great with a slice of cheese.

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      31 year ago

      Added in this order

      320g water 3 tbsp butter 1 tbsp sugar 2 tsp salt 2 tbsp milk powder 460g king Arthur’s bread flour 2 tsp yeaet

  • @sleepysheep
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    I received a bread maker this year for Christmas, and I love it. I’ve stopped buying bread 90% of the time because even if the loaf comes out kind of mediocre, it’s still so much cheaper than a mediocre store-bought bread.

    The only times I’ll buy bread nowadays is if I’m craving a PB&J. imo those just need the cheap store-bought bread; it doesn’t hit the same with good bread.

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    11 year ago

    I picked one up maybe a month or two, then I was gifted a second one. I’ve got one or both running at least 3-4x a week! Typically two or three times a week for bread, and another time for pizza dough. Having both going at the same time speeds things up quite a bit, but it was doable with the one machine.

    I’m 100% seeing the cost savings, and the bread/dough is so much better than store bought!

    Started to really save when I switched from those glass jars of yeast to Red Star in large bags (instant to active dry yeast) and ditching bread machine flour for just Canadian all-purpose flour at a fraction of the cost.