Zojirushi BBCCX20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine

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I just had the first slice (ok, two slices!) made in my new Zojirushi

that I got for Christmas! I picked this machine because it was

supposed to be good for gluten free bread due to its programmability.

It was also rated highly on Amazon, especially by the gluten free

bakers. Well, I'm happy to report that the bread turned out very

well. The machine has a horizontally oriented bread pan instead of

vertical, more like an actual oven, and two little mixing paddles in

the pan instead of one. The two paddle thing results in a slightly

bumpy top (two slightly raised circles on the top) but I think i

could smooth that out if i was so inclined after the mixing cycle

before the raising cycle. Also doesn't matter at all since you slice

the bread. Nice flakey crust, too! I was able to completely customize

the baking cycle using the homemade cycle, and had it just raise one

time with no beating down phase. (the typical beating down periods of

most machines are hard on gluten free breads and discourages them

from rising.) I made Bette Hagman's basic white featherlight bread,

and I liked both the recipe and the machine. So, yay! I would

recommend this machine. The only negative is that it is large and

takes up a fair amount of horizontal space on the counter. I'm so

glad to have a bread machine again! We sold ours when we moved to

Japan over three years ago... it's been too long!