Bread Machine Information

BreadInfo.com, BreadWorld.com and BreadMachineDigest.com offer reviews, recipes and maintenance guides. All provide advice on specialty ingredients and gluten-free baking.

TheFreshLoaf.com is another comprehensive site that offers bread machine recipes, as well as recipes for traditional breadmaking. The site also has links to a number of helpful video tutorials on breadmaking, as well as book reviews and links to other bread blogs.

Dan Lepard, a British baker and author, offers tips on breadmaking at London's Guardian newspaper.

Jessica Harlan, About.com's guide to cooking equipment, offers tips for baking bread in a bread machine, as well as recipes. More bread recipes can be found at About.com's baking channel and Southern food channel.

There are any number of bread recipe books available online and at bookstores. Two recommended books are "The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook" by Beth Hensperger and "The Bread Machine Cookbook" by Donna Rathmell German.

People on a gluten-free diet will appreciate the bread cookbook "Gluten-Free Baking Classics for the Bread Machine" by Annalise G. Roberts, which is also available online and at bookstores.

Manufacturers' websites offer detailed specs and product information:

Panasonic

T-Fal (includes Emerilware)

West Bend

Zojirushi

Breadman

Cuisinart

Sunbeam

Oster