Morning-Friendly Kitchen Gear: Panasonic SD-YD250 Automatic Bread Maker
Something about the encroaching fall is making me think of homemade bread, which is then made into homemade toast, with a little butter on it. The toasty homemade bread and melted butter makes those chilly morning a little bit easier to handle. But who really has time to make homemade bread (I tend to ask myself)? Which is why I was excited recently to test out Panasonic’s SD-YD250 bread maker. And, you know, it fit the bill perfectly, because of its 13-hour timer, which lets the bread be fresh in the morning, waiting to take the edge off waking up. It has a host of other features (including giving you the ability to make white, whole wheat, multigrain, French, and other breads, and giving you 3 loaf sizes to choose from), which are nice, too, but really, having homemade bread in the morning is the best. As long as it’s great bread--which it is.
“Of course,” you’re thinking, “he’s going to say that, he works for Amazon.com, where this very bread maker is sold.” But, for another view, check out the image of the bread on the left, which was uploaded by “JR Mommy ‘Super mommy’” a customer that bought the SD-YD250. That’s a good-looking loaf. Waking up to a piece of toast from that would make any morning better (and think of lunch, too--a good grilled cheese with homemade bread is tasty). Really, it’s not all the fancy features (though they’re a kick, too) that matter with a bread maker, it’s how good the bread is. And the Panasonic SD-YD250 passes the bread test with flying colors.
--A.J. Rathbun
Randy on August 28, 2008 at 05:17 PM
Curse you ...now I am going to have to buy one...
:-)
Hillary on August 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Oooh I just tried a bread machine for the first time too and I freakin' loved it. I'm addicted to making bread! Mine was the EmerilWare Bread Maker, we did a review on my blog.