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Sunbeam 5891 2-Pound Programmable Breadmaker
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Our Price: $36.36
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Average Customer Rating:  
Manufacturer: Sunbeam
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Binding: Kitchen
Brand: Sunbeam
EAN: 0027045651783
Feature: 600-watt programmable breadmaker makes 1-1/2- or 2-pound loaves of bread
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Label: Sunbeam
Manufacturer: Sunbeam
Model: 5891
Publisher: Sunbeam
Studio: Sunbeam
Warranty: 1 year warranty.
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Features
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600-watt programmable breadmaker makes 1-1/2- or 2-pound loaves of bread
12 cooking functions; 3 shade selections; 13-hour delay bake; LED display; touch-control panel
Metal utensils should not be used with removable nonstick baking pan
Wash by hand only; instructions with recipes included
Measures approximately 14 by 19 by 13-1/2 inches; 1-year limited warranty
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Best White Bread Recipe for the Sunbeam Machine
Comment: This is an inexpensive, reliable, easy to use bread machine overall. I use it twice a week and I get better at baking with it as time goes on.
Don't use the recipe for the 1.5 lb. "Homestyle White Bread Loaf" on page 13 in the Sunbeam manual that comes with the machine! Try my version instead. After many weeks of trial and error, this adjusted recipe works best for me:
Add to the bread pan in the usual Sunbeam-recommended order - this is the order I use:
1 c. plus 2 tbsp water
1 tbsp soft butter
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2.5 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp dry or powdered milk
1.5 tsp salt
3 c. flour*
1.5 tsp quick yeast or bread machine yeast
*Either bread flour, all-purpose flour, or a mixture thereof -
2 c. bread and 1 c. all-purpose works best for me.
Set the machine to bake at the lightest color, at the 1.5 lb. size. When the bread maker finishes baking the loaf, unplug the machine and extract the bread pan (twist to the left and pull up). Don't leave it in the machine. IT'S HOT! Be careful!
Gently twist and shake the bread pan to loosen the loaf or loosen with a thin plastic spatula. Carefully remove the bread from the pan and lay the loaf on its side on a rack to cool. If the mixing paddle is stuck inside the loaf, remove it with the included tool.
This makes a delicious, tender, yet substantial loaf for cold, hot, or grilled sandwiches, toast & jam, French toast, or just about anything. For a delicious stuffing base, cut it into cubes, season, drizzle lightly with melted butter or olive oil, then spread out and lightly toast on big cookie sheets.
Economics: For a 1.5 lb loaf @ 3 cups flour per loaf, I get 6 loaves of bread per 5 lbs. of flour, with around 2 cups of flour left over for the next batch.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A great bread machine for the price!
Comment: I "accidentally" bought this machine for myself. It was actually supposed to be a Christmas present for my sister-in-law. I found out later that she already had a bread machine so I ended up keeping it. Wow! I'm so glad I did! This machine does every thing it says it does. When I first started using it I would allow the machine to run full cycle and bake the bread in the machine. The result was fine but the odd shape of the loaf made the slices hard to use for normal-sized sandwiches. I find that now I only use the "dough" setting so that I can shape the bread into more conventional loaves and bake them in my oven instead. Either way, the taste, texture and overall food value is excellent. This product is well worth the money. I've had mine for about four years now and I'm very satisfied with it. In fact, our family has stopped buying store bought bread altogether. I bake my own homemade bread about twice a week and if I need sub-sandwich rolls, hamburger or hot dog buns all I have to do is shape the dough and bake. It's already paid for itself in the money I've saved.
There is one or two things to watch out for though:
Number One, since bread baked at home has no preservatives, you'll need to store any bread more than a day old in the refrigerator to avoid molding.
Number Two, when the dough is being mixed at the beginning you'll need to stand by with about two or three ounces of water and add it little by little if the dough ball appears to be dry, flaking and generally not cohesive. If you overwater it you can sprinkle some more flour into the dough ball until you get a nice consistency. With a little practice it becomes second nature.
Happy Baking!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Breadmaker is perfect intersection of performance and price
Comment: This was given to me as a gift. It was originally purchased from Amazon.com at an excellent price (under $50). I have had many bread makers over the years and this one performed well right out of the box. It is less expensive to make bread than buy for me. Plus, homemade bread isn't mostly air. The house smells wonderful too!
Pros:
1 - Very friendly interface and large buttons. They are logical. I have had bread makers that used only symbols which didn't always make sense. Those were clearly models sold in multiple countries and they didn't want to spend the money to print words next to the buttons on the unit.
2 - Good viewing window.
3 - Excellent loaf sizes (1.5 and 2 lb) You would be surprised what a good size 1.5 lb really is.
4 - Bread pan is more horizontal than vertical. I don't understand why this is listed as a vertical one. I have had vertical ones and they are more square than this one.
5 - Offers express bake option for both loaf sizes. Have had bread makers that don't.
6 - Allows crust color choices for more than just the basic setting. Have had bread makers that don't.
7 - At under $50.00 price point this is an exceptional value. Probably willing to pay more but over a certain amount ($70), too many other competitors enter the picture that might offer more preferable options.
8 - Instruction guide is user-friendly and mostly thorough although not perfect. Better than others I have had.
9 - Comes with a 'hook' to help remove the paddle should it get stuck in the loaf.
Cons:
1 - I *think* the signal beep is the notice to add special ingredients like raisins but the user guide doesn't mention it for some reason.
Unknown:
1 - Still very new and longevity is complete unknown at this early stage.
Recommend additional purchases:
1 - Betty Crocker bread machine recipe book. Betty Crocker's Best Bread Machine Cookbook: The Goodness of Homemade Bread the Easy Way
2 - Thermometer capable of checking water temp for optimal outcome. Taylor Commercial Waterproof Digital Thermometer or CDN IRXL220 ProAccurate Insta-Read NSF Large Dial Professional
3 - Measuring cups and spoons. Norpro Grip-ez 12 Piece Measure Cup Spoon Set
Tip:
If the paddle gets stuck in the bread pan, just soak it for only a few minutes in some water and it will come right off. Don't let it sit for too long though. This is normal for bread makers.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Only good for dough
Comment: I used the product happily only one week (made three loaves of bread successfully). After one week, the bread machine will not heat the top part of the bread. And the top part will not fully rise and only half cooked bread on top. Now the product is only good for dough.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sunbeam breakmaker
Comment: For 40 dollars it's not a bad machine. I haven't had another one before, so I have nothing to compare it with. The bread is fine, although I am not particularly impressed with the way it looks when the machine actually bakes it. For some reason after the dough raises,when the baking begins, it deflates, so the bread ends up being a little concave. No way does it look like the picture they have on the box witht he bread pushing the lid open!
So far I have used the dough setting and I bake it in the oven, either on my pizza stone or in a regular round pan. I am quite happy with the results when I do that. If I let it raise outside the machine for another half an hour or so and then bake it, the bread turns out quite good.
I have yet to try the other settings, but since I don't have a lot of time to experiment, for the time being I am sticking to what I discovered that works.
The recipes in the book have too much yeast. I keep experimenting with recipes found online and keep reducing the amount of yeast. If I find a perfect recipe I'll add it here.
All in all, the machine saves time and effort. If you use the dough setting ad then bake the bread in the oven you'll be happy.
OK, I am back after three months of continuous use.
The machine is great, but the problem remains the same.
Since I bought it I've been baking perfect loaves of French bread - perfect crust, perfect texture, perfect taste. the trick is that I bake them in the oven. When I try to bake them in the machine, they don't raise or the texture is way too coarse. I don't mind baking them in the oven, though. The square bread never turned me on, and I like experimenting with shapes.
It's unbelievably easy to make bread and by now I don't even bother about really weighing everything or measuring the temeprature, etc. So don't worry about that, just put the ingredients in there, let it raise for 20 minutes outside the machine once the dough cycle is completed, shape it the way you want to, and bake the bread in the oven (I do it on a pizza stove and the results are amazing each time).
The recipe that works best for me:
3 cups of white flour, 1 cup of whole wheat
1 cup and 3/4 of water
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons of yeast.
TRY IT. you'll love it
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