[actionowl]

You might have just convinced me to buy a bread machine...

To add a similar answer, only in the past couple of years have I had a nice rice cooker (we have a Zojirushi) that keeps the rice fresh for ~12 hours. It is irreplaceable at this point (My wife is Asian and rice is a part of pretty much every meal.) Best appliance I have ever bought, gets used every. single. day. and have rice ready-to-eat throughout the day.

[helij]

We bought a bread machine almost three years ago. Since then we are yet to buy bread in a shop. The machine is amazing. It literally takes 3 minutes to prep. No fancy recipe. Spoon of yeast + 400g flour + spoon of sugar + spoon of salt + 20g of butter + 280ml of water. Quick program and fresh bread is done in 2h.

Highly recommend it. I don't want to advertise but we bought a well known Japanese brand after a lot of research.

[jsilence]

Please advertise! Genuinly curious.

[fendrak]

Probably one of these: https://www.zojirushi.com/app/category/breadmakers

[rdtwo]

Only one you should consider the rest are junk

[helij]

Zojirushi (which seems to be high quality as well) was mentioned but I went more mainstream and bought Panasonic SD-2511KXC. Looks like they don't make it anymore but there are similar ones available.

[jarno3000]

On my second Panasonic after over 15 years of making bread at home. Highly dependable and pretty much guaranteed a good loaf every time.

[jacknews]

"You might have just convinced me to buy a bread machine..."

It also makes excellent pizza dough ...

"My wife is Asian and rice is a part of pretty much every meal."

Strangely, I am in a similar situation, and do not have a rice cooker. Time to go shopping.