Bakin Bread..Any Helpful Hints?

[hawkslady]

I have always wanted to be able to bake bread. When I was a kid my parents didn't care too much what I did in the kitchen as long as I cleaned up afterwards. I remember trying several times (unsuccesfully) to bake bread. Now that I am all grown up I thought I would try it again, hopefully with more sucess. You guys seem to know quite a bit about baking so I thought I would ask if there are any helpful hints that may help me out? I don't own a bread machine and don't have any plans to buy one. Any help that you may give will be greatly appriciated.

[Andrew]

>I don't own a bread machine and don't have any plans to buy one.>

Bread Macines are too cool!!
No kneading, no watching, waiting!
Following directions carefully are the only precautions to watch. The pre-packaged mixes work splendidly and are cost effective when found on sale.

[donleyk]

Here is link to a prior thread. You may get some pointers from it. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Forum1/HTML/003564.html

I use a bread maker for the kneading part then finish off in the oven.