Hamilton Beach Bread Maker Machine, Digital, Programmable, 12 Settings + Gluten Free, Dishwasher Safe Pan + Kneading Paddle, 2 lb Capacity, Black…
$101
- FRESH HOMEMADE BREAD IN 3 EASY STEPS: Just add your ingredients to the breadmaker, select the cycle and press start.
- YOU CONTROL THE INGREDIENTS & NUTRITIONAL CONTENT: Prepare healthy loaves of bread without preservatives or trans fat using this Hamilton Beach breadmaker.
- VERSATILE WITH 12 CYCLES: Make dough, bake cake, or make delicious mouth-watering loaves of fresh baked bread. Cycles include basic, French, gluten-free, quick bread (no yeast), sweet, 1.5 lb express, 2.0 lb express, dough, jam, cake, whole grain and bake.
- GREAT FOR DOUGH PREP: Prepare a variety of yeast doughs in the breadmaker machine for dinner rolls, pizza crusts, cinnamon buns and more, then bake in a conventional oven.
- MAKE BREAD THE WAY YOU LIKE IT: Choose to make either 1.5 lb. or 2 lb. loaves, and select from 3 crust settings for light, medium or dark crust.
Specification: Hamilton Beach Bread Maker Machine, Digital, Programmable, 12 Settings + Gluten Free, Dishwasher Safe Pan + Kneading Paddle, 2 lb Capacity, Black…
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10 reviews for Hamilton Beach Bread Maker Machine, Digital, Programmable, 12 Settings + Gluten Free, Dishwasher Safe Pan + Kneading Paddle, 2 lb Capacity, Black…
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Bardia –
Although this is my first bread machine so I can’t compare it to others, it’s so super easy to use and the results are so amazing that I adore mine. I mean really easy. About 10 minutes to add the ingredients and the machine does ALL the rest. I personally did not find the noise it makes that loud. It really did not bother me at all. It only does it for a short time anyway. In the cycle I was using 9 minutes at first, then 14 minutes a bit later and then it is really almost silent the rest of the time.
I was afraid it would shake or try to fall off the counter as I have heard it might, but honestly mine was quite calm and did not do anywhere.
I don’t think I’ll every buy store bought again. SO much healthier without preservatives. And much less expensive to make your own. Now it is so easy. I can’t wait to try every bread
The only issue I had was when I remove the paddle from my pan the paddle is often completely engulfed in the bread and I have to dig it out. But I still love my machine and I got used to it. Snall price to pay for such quality bread with hundreds of not thousands of kinds to try.
jemmedia –
I love this bread machine. I spent hours online looking at the different choices and reading the reviews — negative and positive. I put it in my cart so many times, then left it there and came back a few times before finally hitting the “buy” button. The negative reviews really had me apprehensive. But since I’ve never baked a loaf of bread before, I thought I’d start with this one, and if it was a dud, I’d try a more expensive one.
This was really “plug and play”. It’s ready to go right out of the box. I took the advice found in the positive reviews which was (1) read the manual from start to finish before trying out the machine and (2) make sure your measurements are exact and you follow the instructions and do everything in the right order. Weigh out the ingredients first and have them sitting on the counter ready to put in the machine before you turn on the machine.
I read the manual twice (not all at once). I decided to try an easy white bread first. I went out and bought “bread machine” flour and since I couldn’t find “bread machine yeast” I just got some fast-rising yeast. The recipes say “vegetable oil or butter” and since I never use vegetable oil (or any seed oil — only olive oil) I used unsalted butter instead.
It was so simple it almost felt like cheating.
As to all the things I was fearing from the negative reviews: The machine is really quiet, compared to a blender or vitamix or food processor. It would not wake someone up in the next room let alone disturb an apartment neighbor.
The machine did not walk off my counter or fall on the floor. It has four rubber feet that keep it in place — it moved about 2-3 inches a few times and I just pushed it back. (Intially I put it on a ribbed cotton placemat but I removed it after a while since it didn’t seem necessary and it actually moved less without it.
I could tell the bread was rising nicely looking in the top window. When it started the baking stage (last stage) I could smell it in another room and went to see if anything was burning, but no, it was just some some air vents in the machine that let out some steam.
When the bread was done I let it stay in the machine for about 15 minutes. I took out the bake pan, turned it upside down over a wire rack, and the bread fell right out. Nothing stuck to the baking bucket.
This unit doesn’t come with a paddle removal tool, and the paddle did stay in the bread, so I took the screw part of a corkscrew and gently probed the bottom of the bread and it came out pretty quick with just a little hole in the bottom.
I had set it on the medium crust level and the bread was browned perfectly.
It rose really nicely.
The bread was crusty on the outside and the white bread inside was not stiff or hardened.
I sliced a piece off, tasted it and thought it had a really good, rich flavor. I put some peanut butter and jelly on it and put the rest in a plastic bag and left it on the counter overnight. This morning, I sliced a piece off, and it was still tender inside. (Meaning if you put you pushed your finger into it, it would create a small dent and then bounce back, or at least not tear). I cut it in half and toasted the halves. The toast came out great, evenly browned and I a scrambled egg on it.
At dinner, a friend came over and tasted it and even though he’s not a white bread kind of person, he thought it tasted really good.
One of the reasons I went with this model was because it’s dishwasher safe. But the pan was still so clean after baking the bread, all I did was take a dampen a clean dish towel and wipe the inside. Nothing stuck to the inside housing of the machine so I just ran the damp cloth over it and let the top up so it would dry fully.
I know this is a long review, but I had so much angst from the 180 degree difference between the positive and negative reviews, I thought it might be helpful to another beginner like me who is struggling to make sense of the reviews. It’s not that I disbelieve the negative reviewers — I’ve certainly gotten appliances I thought had been previously returned or were duds for other reasons. But I am so happy with this machine so far, I really wanted to share it.
I’m going to do rye bread next.
PS If in the next 6 months, the machine falls apart or fails to perform properly or the non-stick surface comes off into the bread, I’ll come back and update.
Sweetbaby –
A little noisy, but made a great loaf of bread.
j-d –
The old one of ours (not Hamilton Beach) hit 30-years, the tub was scratched-up, and it sounded like it was getting tired. So we scoured around and found this. We said hey….why not get this one, it’s not that much, and if it dies, we’ll just get another one like it. So far, it’s been performing just fine. One noticeable thing is it mixes up the raw ingredients more aggressively than our old one. One other thing of note…there is no “punch down” between the 2nd and final rise on the Basic cycle (the only cycle I usually use). On our old, retired, bread machine, I used the “punch down” in the Basic cycle as a mark for when I removed the dough, then I remove the stirring paddle, gently put the dough back in the tub after rolling it into a nice shape in my Pam-spritzed hands, and then let it go it’s merry way until the end. This one does not have a “punch down”, so I have to keep an eye on the countdown clock to remove the paddle. BTW…I remove the paddle to eliminate the huge gouge it makes in the bottom of the loaf. Once removed, and when finished baking, there is a hole…not a canyon, in the bottom of the loaf. Yay!! This machine does not have a bright display at all, and it is on the top of the unit, which can’t be seen until you go to the machine and look down at the top of the control panel. That is a minor hassle. I was used to a very bright red number display on the front of our old unit, which I could see from across the room. One last item: I routinely make 1-lb loaves of either white or wheat bread in this, using the 1.5 lb setting, with no problems, whatsoever. I’m using the “Bread Machine Bread – Easy As Can Be” recipe from King Arthur’s website…..and when a tiny bit of butter is smeared across the top of the loaf, it is absolute heaven – warm, butter, with Blackberry Jam for the topping! To get the wheat bread, I substitute in 1/2 cup of wheat flour (subtract that 1/2 cup from the total flour amount). As I said, I use the 1-lb loaf version of that recipe. That is a perfect size for people who like bread, but can’t tolerate the size or bloated feeling after eating the monster sized commercial bread, or just can’t handle the full 2-lb loaf sizes you can make in these machines (too much to eat!!). Enjoy!!
Patricia Alldred –
I have had two previous bread machines, but this is the first one that required adjustment to the recipes to
allow for the higher absorption aspect of Canadian flour vs. American flour. I only discovered this notation in the manual after my first attempt was a failure. I’m sure most customers don’t read the entire manual first off – expecting the machine to perform well from the start. Because of the failure I was questioning everything from the yeast to the type of flour. This needs to be more clearly noted in the instructions for use.
Mike Roszko –
If you buy this, assume it comes with NO WARRANTY.
When the bread maker is working, it’s fine… easy to use and makes nice bread and dough for pizza or whatever. When it breaks, well that’s it, go buy a new one because even if you’re well within the advertised 5 year warranty period, good luck getting any kind of response from Hamilton Beach.
I purchased my bread maker on November 9th, 2017. Unit stopped operating on May 18th, 2020… well within the warranty period. I contacted Hamilton Beach customer service on May 20th to initiate a warranty claim. It is now October 22nd, 2020 and I still do not have a bread maker. Their phone line is shut down, have to wait weeks between email replies, no repair options, no replacement units available, then when units do become available they increase their price and now want to charge the difference between the new price and the original price I paid (which I oblige with the hope of finally getting this resolved) but then whoops… during fulfillment it seems the units are no longer available… again! Nothing but endless run-around for 5 months! This is by far the most ridiculous and inept customer service department I have ever been unfortunate enough to get involved with. Needless to say I will NOT ever buy a Hamilton Beach product ever again.
Buyer beware. You have been warned.
MrsChakra –
Just had to replace our old bread maker that we’d had for 20-ish years after we started making lazy baker pandemic bread. This one works great. We like the pan size and the functions. Like the fact that we know what’s in our bread. Not sure if this would be a pro or a con for you, but it looks like something out of a popular space movie franchise that’s been around awhile. We’re 50-somethings who don’t get out much and it cracks us up every time we use it and my husband does the voice “Luke, I am your Baker”.
cheezeheadtn –
For the price, this is a good beginner’s bread machine. I would like to be able to change some times though for other breads like sour dough… so if your looking to be able to personalize timing on your rises and baking times, look elsewhere. But if your looking for a simple, easy machine, this is great!
Amazon Customer –
The machine is nice, easy to clean and simple to use. Watch out for the recipes included in the booklet, though, esp. the gluten-free. I followed the directions and ended up with the worst bread ever. Waaay too much liquid and no high altitude instructions. I have since found another recipe and it works just fine. I would recommend this machine for beginners like me.
Doug –
Ok, there are fancier bread machines out there, but if all you want is a good loaf of bread, look no further. Easy to clean, easy to operate, and makes an outstanding loaf of bread. Just be sure to measure your ingredients carefully, no machine will compensate for sloppy measuring. I also recommend buying a sifter for the flour and using it