/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I was thinking of getting my mom a bread maker for Mother's Day. She's wanted one for a while. Any brands /ck/ can recommend? How do they work, do you need to get special cookbooks for different companies' bread makers or is it fairly universal?

Budget's somewhere around 150. There's a cuisinart one there and this one by "KBS" that I've never heard of.

Bread maker brainlet here. Was looking to get this bread maker, and had some dumb questions if anyone wanted to share their knowledge.

>I have all the base ingredients for bread making. Water, Salt, Oil, Flour, and the Yeast. Can I just mix these right into a bread maker then boom bread?

>Do I need to buy special pre-packaged bread mix like this anon mentioned?
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>When it comes to making bread in a bread maker, or from scratch, and tips on making the bread taste better? Like adding Honey, maybe a small amount of vanilla? I know you can add some fruits, or nuts to the mix at certain points in the bread maker process, but wasn't entirely sure.

>Should I spray the inside of my bread maker with cooking oil where the bread/dough sits for easier removal of the loaf from the inner piece that holds/bakes the mix/dough? Or is non-stick pretty much a given?

>What ingredient makes the difference between white, wheat, sourdough, and rye when it comes to bread making?

Thanks, just trying to get into this a bit more.