6 simple bread machine must haves for beginners

Make bread making easy and functional with these 6 simple bread machine must haves for beginners! Whether you are an experienced bread maker or a beginner, this list simple tools will become a must in the kitchen.

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BREAD MACHINE

For starters, you need a bread machine.

A bread machine does all the hard work for you, freeing up some of your time to work on other parts of dinner or homemaking.

A bread machine does it all. From kneading the dough, to baking a hot loaf of bread right inside the machine. It allows for completely hands off bread making if you choose or allow the bread machine to make your dough only. Leaving you to shape your dough into whatever bread you may like and baking in the oven like we did with homemade pizza dough.

bread making supplies for a bread machine

DOUGH BOWL COVERS OR TEA TOWELS

Dough bowl covers or tea towels are a must for every bread maker.

Both a tea towel or a dough bowl cover keep your dough from drying out while it is proofing. You will only need this if you are using the dough setting on your bread machine and plan to shape your dough into something such as dinner rolls other wise, the bread will proof inside your bread machine, no intervention needed.

Read on to decide which method is best for you.

Dough bowl covers could be multipurpose. They fit snugly onto a bowl and could be used to cover leftovers such as a salad, or cookies. Helping avoid the single use of plastic wrap. You could even make your own like @ourgabledhome did HERE.

Tea towels are larger and can cover larger areas such as your dinner rolls as they proof. They are also budget friendly and multipurpose, too. I find myself using a tea towel for almost anything from spills, cleaning counter tops, DIY projects and more.

DOUGH CUTTER

A dough cutter is an essential tool in any bread makers tool box.

A dough cutter helps speed up your workflow and create flawless cuts every time. With its sharp blade, this bread tool allows you to slice through even the most sticky of dough.

BREAD STORAGE

Either a bread box or a linen bag is an essential to have longer lasting bread.

A bread box/bag is important to keep your bread fresh longer and prevent mold. Designed to retain enough moisture to keep reads fresh up to 3 or 4 days (if it last that long! I eat it all up in about a day)

LOAD LIFTER/OVEN MIT

An oven mit will allow you to remove the loaf pan from the bread machine while keeping your hands from getting burned, this is must have! That loaf pan gets HOT! Ask me how I know, not fun.

This oven mit is large enough to wrap around an entire casserole dish, or wrap around your hot bread for easy removal. Multi purpose tools are a must when you live in a tiny 900 sqft home as a family of five.