February 24, 2013 By: Debra Stoddard
Homemade bread smells sweet and throwbacks us back into a previous generation when everything was made at home. The Oster 2 LB. Expressbake® Breadmaker Model: CKSTBRTW20 bread machine comes complete with a breadmaker recipe book including breadmaker pizza dough, breadmaker cinnamon rolls, and even jam. Breadmaker machines allow homemade bread affordable and convenient. Instead of having buying bread that is full of preservatives, I make fresh bread once a week for my family. It is an affordable way to save money especially when everyone wants to save money due to the economy and the expected rise of food prices. One of my favorite things I do to save my family money is to use the breadmachine recipe book to make dough to make biscuits. After I cut the biscuits up, I freeze the biscuits for breakfast. I share the experience of cooking fresh bread, dough, and jam with my daughter. It is so easy to use. All I do is add the ingredients: first, add the liquid ingredients; second, add the solid ingredients; and finally, add the yeast. Select the setting outlined in the breadmaker recipes book and let the bread machine do the work. It is simple to use, and cleaning is a cinch. The benefit of saving my family money and fresh bread without preservatives makes the Oster breadmaker indispensable tool.
Oster 2LB. Expressbake® Breadmaker Attributes
- Three bread loaf size setting
- Easy to read LCD Menu display
- Variety of options for bread, dough, and jam
- Crust Color option
- Time delay option
- Start/Stop button
- 13 programmable baking timers
Pros
- Easy to use
- Saves money
- Fresh bread without preservatives
- Great price
- Easy to clean
Cons
- Practice to get the right consistency for bread
- Takes one to three hours to make a loaf of bread
- Bread flour is best in the breadmaker machine
- Bread loaf looks homemade
- It is difficult to remove the bread pan
This is a great way to save money at the grocery store. It is perfect for someone who wants to easily make fresh bread. It is not idea for anyone wanting the bread loaf to look like what you buy at the grocery store. The Oster 2 LB. Expressbake® Breadmaker Model: CKSTBRTW20 bread machine makes the bread vertical versus horizontal. Bread machines with that option are about double the price of the Oster Expressbake® Breadmaker. This is an excellent purchase that has saved my family money at the grocery store, and it will save your family money too.