We were blessed to get a sweet grain mill for our wedding along with the Kitchen Aid. This is how we make the flour that makes our bread. When you grind your own wheat, you lose none of the nutrients or virtues of the grain that are even lost in store-bought whole wheat flour. It's also a TON cheaper! We buy the bulk grain when it goes on sale at Wal-Mart and it lasts forever!
We got our bread maker at the local thrift store for $10 and it works perfectly. The key when buying a bread maker at a thrift store is to make sure the paddle is in there, and that it works when you plug it in.
We use molasses instead of sugar and use wheat gluten. The wheat gluten helps the bread to rise better because it strengthens the gluten bonds of the flour. Another key is to put the ingredients in the maker in the order that they are listed on my recipe. It's the best recipe I've used in all my years of making bread in a bread maker. (below)
It takes about 5 minutes at most to put all the ingredients in the maker, then 4 hours later we have beautiful, delicious bread! We seriously live on this stuff; we make 1 to 2 loaves a DAY! Our house always smells like baking bread, mmmm!
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