***Forgotten in the rush*** from King Arthur (flour) test kitchens.
"We've found that a bread machine kneads dough better than any other
appliance, including our own hands--and it takes less than 2 minutes
to get it going. Bake bread _in_ the machine if you wish, but we find
the bread machine is a fast, easy, very effective means to a wonderful
end: hot fresh bread, kneaded in the machine, shaped by hand, and
baked in your own oven."
Pre-programmed into my particular machine is a kneading time of 20
minutes followed by 1 hour of rising time, both of which could be
arrested at will manually.
Unless one has an extra-curricular interest in the Batali-esque
activity of squeezing eggs & flour through one's hands, this has to be
the most perfectly controlled technique for _all_ dough that
requires sustained, even kneading.
Only remaining question: does the 'Zo' machine of their highest
recommendation actually produce a superior kneaded product as opposed
to the Lesser-ites mentioned , including Cuisinart? It does have
three pre-programmable cycles for your own kneading, rising, and
baking cycles.
--
Mabry C=;-{ }
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