Is a bread machine or a stand mixer better for making yeast bread? Great question. Here are some pros and cons for both machines. Advantages of a Bread Machine The timer--dump all ingredients into the bread machine pan, push START, and the timer takes over. Use the timer to manipulate bread-making to fit your schedule. It's easy to make dough corrections on the fly. Add flour or liquid, if necessary, as you watch the dough knead to ensure the moisture level of the dough is correct. The...

Hi Friends, I recently made a recipe and a half of my Tangzhong dinner rolls. Multiplying the recipe was easy with the new recipe modifier in the upper right-hand corner of all the recipes on my website. If you need to do the same thing, I have some tips based on reader questions I received this week. Scaling a Recipe from My Website: Note: Nearly all the yeast bread recipes on my website produce a 1½-pound loaf, which equals 2¾ to 3½ cups of flour. For a 2-pound loaf, choose the 1.5 X...

Hi Friends, I hope you are well and experiencing success in the kitchen these days. I've been thinking about our Easter celebration and making Hot Cross Buns (with the link I messed up in my last email, sorry) on Good Friday. Easter dinner and the egg hunt are planned for my house. When I get home from church, I want to have bread dough ready to shape into dinner rolls. One option is to make brown and serve rolls or refrigerate the dough the day before, but there's another way to have hot,...