Where another one bites the dust.

Are appliances that you love and need breaking left and right in your household?

I just need to check to be sure it isn't one of those worldwide phenomenas and I should just brace myself for the rest of this carnage.

First Olga, my new sewing machine---only six days out of the box.
Then my yogurt thermometer and finally (and perhaps saddest) my bread machine.

Right in the middle of knead cycle.

On the day I had decided I was going through my Bread Machine Cookbook and doing a bread a day.

Bad.  Timing.

That's right.  I had to knead bread by hand.  The old fashioned way.  Not that I'm opposed to doing things the old fashioned way.  Most things I do by hand---from scratch.

Bread making was not one one of these times.

So now I am in the market for a new yogurt thermometer and bread machine.

This Zojirushi looks awesome.  It does everything you can imagine, but the price tag is pretty high.  I love bread, but over  $200!  Who has that kind of money?

But think of all the possibilities!

I'm sure I could rationalize spending that much, but for now I'm on my way to the thrift stores today.  The wonderful thing about bread machines is that I seem to to be one of the few people out there who actually use them.  There is ALWAYS bread machines hanging out at yard sales and thrift stores for cheap.

I can always hope someone threw a Zojirushi into their Salvation Army box.  

Fingers crossed.

I'll leave you with my first recipe.  Which I kneaded by hand and turned out great.
It is from The Bread Machine Cookbook IV by Donna Rathmell German

Honey Wheat Bread

1 cup water/milk (I added milk)
1/3 cup Honey
1/2   tsp salt
3 TBSP vital gluten, optional (I added it in)
3 cups whole wheat flour
2 tsp yeast