Product Description

Panasonic SD-YD250 Automatic Bread Baker with Yeast Pro offers you the ability of having delicious bread, freshly prepared and baked right at home, with virtually no fuss or bother. Just place the ingredients in to the SD-YD250 and it does everything else. Non-stick heavy duty pan Temperature safety fuse 10 minute power interruption protection maintains operation for up to 10 minutes in case of possible power failure Color - WHITE

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #106 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Panasonic
• Model: SD-YD250
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x 13.50" w x 14.00" l, 15.40 pounds

Features

• Mixes, kneads, rises, and bakes in 3 loaf sizes, up to 2-1/2 pounds
• Settings for white, whole wheat, multigrain, French, quick breads/cakes
• 13-hour delay timer makes meal planning easier
• Includes recipes for 40 breads and doughs, plus baking tips
• Measures 14 by 13-1/2 by 9 inches

Amazon.com Review
Providing myriad options, this automatic bread maker embodies the marvels of 21st century electronic convenience and choice. Yes, it mixes, kneads, rises, and bakes bread in three loaf sizes up to 2-1/2 pounds. But its digital controls go much further, offering settings for white, whole wheat, multigrain, and French (crisp crust, open texture) breads, each made according to what's best for that particular style. Other settings permit rapid baking and baking sandwich bread with a soft crust. For raisin (or other dried-fruit) bread, a beeper signals when to add the fruit so it's not crushed during kneading. Crust color--dark or light--can be selected as well.

The machine automatically adds yeast at the proper time from a dispenser on the unit's lid. It also bakes non-yeast, quick breads-- like banana and gingerbread--and sweet cakes. And it mixes, kneads, and rises doughs for pizza, focaccia, croissants, and other pastries without baking them. A timer permits the machine to be programmed up to 13 hours in advance so fresh bread or cake is available for breakfast or dinner. For cleanup convenience, the baking pan is nonstick. Clad in metal and packing 550 watts of power, the machine measures 14 inches wide, 13.5 inches high, and 9 inches deep. Its instruction booklet is exceptionally easy to understand and includes recipes for 40 breads and doughs along with an insightful guide to baking basics and illustrated tips for making pastries. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews

awesome breadmaker
This breadmaker is really great. It lives up to all the great things everyone has said about it. We are so glad we bought it and have already used it multiple times.

Amazing - Happiness in a box
Let me introduce ourselves. We are an Argentine family living in Monterrey, Mexico. We were just tired for not being able to find the variety of bread we were used to eat, so a home bread machine appeared as the perfect solution. After browsing user's comments I went towards this model and it was a perfect choice. Reasonably priced, no quality issues, nice bread since the first time we tried it (remember we had no experience with this type of appliance). You can add ingredients of your choice to just the basic bread recipe and you get whatever bread you want. It cooks evenly, and you get that old fashioned grandmother taste you missed. One of our better acquisitions in the last couple of years.

Great recipe book, but not durable
We make our own bread at least once a day. After less than 4 years, this break machine stopped mixing the bread: the paddles simply would not turn. A new motor cost $50 through our local Panasonic branch, so we decided to buy a Zojirushi bread machine instead. Hopefully it will be more durable. If there are any readers out there who know of an industrial-strengh bread machine (one that can make loaves _daily_ consistently for more than 4 years) I would love to hear recommendations. Otherwise, I recommend this machine, but only people who need loaves once a week or so.