My First Week with the Zojirushi

 The Zojirushi bread machine arrived Wednesday afternoon.  Within 15 minutes of unpacking it, I put it to work.

I've made a total of three loaves so far. The first was the white bread formula in the Zojirushi manual.  It came out fine but it was nothing remarkable.

Next, I hauled out Beth Hensperger's The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook. The resulting – the remains of which you can see in the right in the photo – loaf was wonderful.  The texture and flavor were just what I expect homemade bread to be.

TIme to experiment.  I wanted to make something other than plain old white bread.  But I wanted to make is NOW so I needed to find a formula using only what I had on hand.  The Zojirushi manual has a formula for 'Dutch Apple Cake'. What if I add a couple tablespoons of cocoa powder? I did.  The result – on the left in the accompanying lousy photo – was described by my Sweet Lady Wife as 'sinfully good'.

Gonna try making pumpernickel next…