Gone are the days when one would rush to the nearest bakery to purchase hot and fluffy breads as an accompaniment to the food prepared specially for the guests who are soon going to arrive. In this age of self-help and self-sufficiency, technology has made it easier for people bake their own bread - literally! electric breadmakers have changed the face of home-baking. Breadmakers are like little servants we can put to work while we do something else more profitable, necessary, or fun.Electric breadmakers, first invented in the late 1980s, have changed the way we make bread. Gone are the days set apart for making bread, when mom and grandma worked for hours stirring the dough, waiting for it to rise, punching it down, waiting again, and then baking at just the right time. Breadmakers now do it all for us. After we put in the basic ingredients, we simply close the lid, plug in the bread maker, push the start button and go on our merry way. Magically, we return approximately three hours later to a steamy brown loaf of perfectly baked bread. Breadmakers are even programmed to keep the bread warm after they finish baking, so that if we don't get home right away, the bread will still be as fresh as if we just took it out of the oven.
Electric breadmakers are available in a variety of sizes, styles and designs. For those of us who find ourselves too busy in this modern world, electric breadmakers are a delightful and indispensable invention.
