Oster 2-Pound Expressbake Bread Machine CKSTBRTW20 REVIEW

Hi Guys, today I’m reviewing the Oster 2-Pound Expressbake Bread Machine with 13-Hour Delay Timer, CKSTBRTW20.
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It measures 11.5 inches tall, 10.5 inches wide and 12 inches deep. The unit weighs about 8 pounds. Making bread by hand takes time and effort. There are a lot of stages. A bread machine, goes through all those stages and bakes the bread so there is little work on your part. You just have to add the ingredients. A basic 2lb white bread will take 3 hours 25 mins total in this machine.
The glass viewing window so you can see what’s happening inside the machine at all stages, The control panel/lcd display. The removable bread pan is non-stick and measures 7 inches long, 5.25 inches wide and 5 inches deep, kneading blade, kneading blade removal tool, measuring cup, measuring scoop. The instruction manual has a number of recipes from basic white bread to sourdough, rolls, bagels dough, pizza and pasta dough. You can even make jam and marmalade with this bread maker. The instructions are detailed and there are tips and hints which are helpful. Baking is a science and measuring ingredients exactly makes a difference in the result. So, use a liquid measuring cup for liquids, dry measuring cup for dry ingredients and measuring spoons. With bread machines, you have to put the ingredients in a certain order. Liquids first, then dry and yeast goes in last. All ingredients should be at room temperature and be fresh, don’t use yeast or flour that’s old. Don’t plug in the machine yet. Open the lid and pull straight up to remove the baking pan. You may have to move it from side to side to get it off. Wash the pan with soap and water and dry it. Attach the kneading blade to the baking pan. We’ll put all the ingredients into the pan before putting the pan into the machine. I’ll test this bread maker by the French Countryside Bread - the recipe from the manual.
Ingredients:
1 3/8 cups water - 324 ml
1 1/2 tblsp oil - 23 ml
1 1/2 tsp salt - 8.5 g
4 cups bread flour - 480 g
1 tblsp sugar - 13 g
2 tsp active dry yeast - 5.6 g

First put all the liquid ingredients in, then the dry. Make a well in the flour and add the yeast. Yeast shouldn’t touch liquids when you’re adding ingredients. Put the baking pan into the machine. Close the lid and plug it in. You’ll hear a beep and the display lights come on. The time setting says 3:25. Press Menu Select and choose the type of bread. There are 9 bread settings and 3 fast bake settings. There’s a corresponding number to the type of bread. 1 would be white bread. Press the crust color button to select the kind of crust you want - light medium, dark or rapid, Rapid can be chosen for basic, french or whole wheat and will make the bread about an hour faster. I’ll choose medium. Press loaf size button for 1, 1.5 or 2 lbs. Some programs have fixed settings for crust color and loaf size. You can also a delay timer that can be set for up to 13 hours. Press the start/stop button and the machine starts making bread. You can hear and see the mixing of the ingredients. There are stages the machine goes through and they are listed in the manual. First is the kneading for 5 mins, then the dough rests for 5 mins, it’s kneaded again for 20 mins, then it rises and is punched down. It rises again, is shaped and it rises again. Finally it bakes for about 60 mins. During the second kneading cycle, you should check the dough and if it’s too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time. If it’s too dry, add water a teaspoon at a time. So even though the bread maker is going through all these stages on it’s own, this is the one part where you have to check and make sure the dough looks as it should. The timer will count down and when it reaches 0, the bread is finished. The machine will beep 15 times and switch to the automatic keep warm setting that keeps the bread warm for an hour. It should also beep 15 times after one hour of keep warm mode. It’s best to remove the bread right away after it’s finished.
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