Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I had someone say to me, give me one reason why I should own a breadmaker or bread machine. So I gave them the biggest reason I think everyone should own one, especially if you have a hectic homestead lifestyle. But I take it a step further and give you 2 more bonus reasons why you should own a bread maker machine related to the current state of financial affairs and health concerns.
Lets face it, making artesan style sourdough bread loaves has suddenly become "the cool thing to do" and I sometimes do it myself. But those take time to hand make and shape and on a specific schedule. Even just making bread using a mixer takes time and you have to free up time in the future to let the dough rise, come back and punch it down, let it rise again .... all of that is precious time. Breadmakers make it "dump it and forget it", add the ingredients, push a few buttons, walk away. Go do something else for a few hours and come back to a loaf of bread ready to eat. I have to admit, in the 13-14 years I have been making bread, I have never once set my breadmaker up to bake bread so its ready when I wake up .... very seldom do I need fresh bread for breakfast ... even with toast or french toast, I think it tastes better if the bread is a day or 2 old.
I will go ahead and add a 4th reason not in the video ..... options! There are literally thousands or maybe even tens of thousands of bread recipes, yogurt recipes, pasta recipes, cake recipes, jam recipes you can make in MOST bread machines. You don't like white or wheat bread, use another grain. Tired of spending a ridiculous amount of money on pasta, let your bread machine mix it up for you (although to be fair, you could do it by hand in about the same amount of time since pasta doesn't require yeast or to rise), want something sweet ... bake a cake in your breadmaker, want to reduce the cost of your grocery bills dramatically? Do you love garlic bread sticks? They are super simple to make in a bread machine (I have a video on this and recipe). Make your own healthy bread and yogurt with active cultures ... you can make a gallon of yogurt cheaper than store bought single servings. Does the store have a sale on fruits and berries? Buy it in bulk and make jams in your bread machine. And with this 4th reason, the other 3 reasons in the video apply also.
There is also my famous "cast iron deep dish pan pizza recipe" in the video but in case you can't hear the measurements I call out .... this is it:
Eds 12-14" Cast Iron Skillet Pizza Hut Style Pan Pizza Dough Recipe
Ingredients (for a 12 inch cast iron skillet - scale it up or down for larger or smaller skillets using bakers golden ratio)
Pizza Dough:
400 grams bread flour - can use all-purpose flour (about 3-1/2 cups)
11 grams salt (about 1/2 tablespoons)
4 grams instant yeast (about 1/2 tablespoons)
19 grams olive oil (about 1-1/2 tablespoons)
297 grams water (about 1-1/3 cups)
Optional:
Optional: about 1 teaspoons garlic powder
Optional: about 1 teaspoons onion powder
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoons dried basil
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon oregano
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon marjoram
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon thyme
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon rosemary
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon sage
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon savory
Note: you can substitute about 2 teaspoons of italian seasoning for basil, oregano, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, sage, and savory (that is italian seasoning when mixed)
Dump ingredients in breadmaker, liquids first then dry ingredients, set to dough menu option
I had someone say to me, give me one reason why I should own a breadmaker or bread machine. So I gave them the biggest reason I think everyone should own one, especially if you have a hectic homestead lifestyle. But I take it a step further and give you 2 more bonus reasons why you should own a bread maker machine related to the current state of financial affairs and health concerns.
Lets face it, making artesan style sourdough bread loaves has suddenly become "the cool thing to do" and I sometimes do it myself. But those take time to hand make and shape and on a specific schedule. Even just making bread using a mixer takes time and you have to free up time in the future to let the dough rise, come back and punch it down, let it rise again .... all of that is precious time. Breadmakers make it "dump it and forget it", add the ingredients, push a few buttons, walk away. Go do something else for a few hours and come back to a loaf of bread ready to eat. I have to admit, in the 13-14 years I have been making bread, I have never once set my breadmaker up to bake bread so its ready when I wake up .... very seldom do I need fresh bread for breakfast ... even with toast or french toast, I think it tastes better if the bread is a day or 2 old.
I will go ahead and add a 4th reason not in the video ..... options! There are literally thousands or maybe even tens of thousands of bread recipes, yogurt recipes, pasta recipes, cake recipes, jam recipes you can make in MOST bread machines. You don't like white or wheat bread, use another grain. Tired of spending a ridiculous amount of money on pasta, let your bread machine mix it up for you (although to be fair, you could do it by hand in about the same amount of time since pasta doesn't require yeast or to rise), want something sweet ... bake a cake in your breadmaker, want to reduce the cost of your grocery bills dramatically? Do you love garlic bread sticks? They are super simple to make in a bread machine (I have a video on this and recipe). Make your own healthy bread and yogurt with active cultures ... you can make a gallon of yogurt cheaper than store bought single servings. Does the store have a sale on fruits and berries? Buy it in bulk and make jams in your bread machine. And with this 4th reason, the other 3 reasons in the video apply also.
There is also my famous "cast iron deep dish pan pizza recipe" in the video but in case you can't hear the measurements I call out .... this is it:
Eds 12-14" Cast Iron Skillet Pizza Hut Style Pan Pizza Dough Recipe
Ingredients (for a 12 inch cast iron skillet - scale it up or down for larger or smaller skillets using bakers golden ratio)
Pizza Dough:
400 grams bread flour - can use all-purpose flour (about 3-1/2 cups)
11 grams salt (about 1/2 tablespoons)
4 grams instant yeast (about 1/2 tablespoons)
19 grams olive oil (about 1-1/2 tablespoons)
297 grams water (about 1-1/3 cups)
Optional:
Optional: about 1 teaspoons garlic powder
Optional: about 1 teaspoons onion powder
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoons dried basil
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon oregano
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon marjoram
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon thyme
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon rosemary
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon sage
Optional: about 1/4 teaspoon savory
Note: you can substitute about 2 teaspoons of italian seasoning for basil, oregano, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, sage, and savory (that is italian seasoning when mixed)
Dump ingredients in breadmaker, liquids first then dry ingredients, set to dough menu option
