have beautiful bread dough that is ready to be shaped, allowed to rise again, and baked.
if you are incredibly busy or you want to be even more hands-off, you can even allow the bread machine to bake the bread for you. it’s about doing what works for you.
whether you want to use a bread machine or not is entirely up to you. i love mine and am so happy that we can have fresh bread more often with less work/effort. but, don’t worry, when i share a recipe, i will always give you the directions on how to prepare the bread without the machine as well.
combine the hot water, milk, 