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(47 customer reviews) 78 of 88 people found the following review helpful
Dough Mode Only I Guess,
April 3, 2011 Been there Done that "Concerned Thinker" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic SD-RD250 Automatic Bread Maker with Fruit/Nut Dispenser (Kitchen)
We had a Panasonic for a little over 20 years and bought this one because the pan on the old one froze up. I didn't know at the time that I could replace the pan so we threw out the machine. BIG MISTAKE!
We baked only 100% whole wheat bread using the sandwich mode on the old machine and it turned out a perfect, soft and delicious bread. I contacted Panasonic after several failures with the new machine and they informed me that it will not do 100% whole wheat bread and does not have the sandwich mode anymore.
So...now we have a $200.00 dough maker that I use and I have to bake the bread in the oven in order to get it to rise properly and bake through. Every loaf I tried in the machine was heavy, wet and fell after rising. No amount of experimentation changed that. VERY DISSAPOINTING!!
Bottom line is if you are going to bake other breads it might be ok, I don't know. However if you prefer whole grains forget this machine.
70 of 79 people found the following review helpful
Homemade goodness on your table every night....,
November 27, 2010 Sofia Hernandez "Maddy, Eli & Joshy's Mom" (Woodside, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Panasonic SD-RD250 Automatic Bread Maker with Fruit/Nut Dispenser (Kitchen)
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EDIT UPDATE: an XL loaf weighed 2 lbs 11.5 oz
I never thought that I would be so excited about an item but I truly was. I underestimated our technology because I didn't realize that you could now stick dry ingredients into a machine and a few hours later beautiful crusty soft bread pops out! WOW! Gone are the laborious & boring tasks of kneading, kneading, leaving to rise and eventually kneading again which would take away half of your afternoon. It just isn't great time management in our busy lives this day in age, to spend it preparing and baking a loaf of bread.
Hubby attempted his first loaf (ever!) the moment the box arrived. At first glance, the machine is on the large-ish side as I suspected it would be. You could leave it on a counter but if you are limited on space as we are it just wouldn't be feasible; unless you were truly making a loaf of bread a day.
There is an instructional guide with all the tidbits of info you may need on the...Read more
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
I love this machine!,
December 7, 2010 This review is from: Panasonic SD-RD250 Automatic Bread Maker with Fruit/Nut Dispenser (Kitchen)
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OK, I'll admit it; I always come late to every revolution. I knew a lot of people bought bread makers, but I simply never bothered. Well, now I know what I have been missing! We bought a bread mix, poured the mix and some water into the machine's pan, pushed a few buttons, and in four hours we had a delicious loaf of freshly-baked bread. I could not believe how easy it was, and my son was hugely impressed.
I can't compare this bread maker to others, as it's my first. But, I can tell you that it is fantastically easy to work with, and cleans up in a snap. The included book has a lot of information on making different types of breads and pasta, and tells you how to properly use the machine in a very easy to understand manner.
Yes, at some point it would be nice to make my own bread from scratch, but for now there are so many different types of bread machine-ready mixes out there, I am going to charge ahead and make some pumpernickel, some Anadama, some buttermilk...Read more
