Briskind 19-in-1 Compact Bread Maker Machine, 1.5 lb / 1 lb Loaf Small Breadmaker with Carrying Handle, Including Gluten Free, Dough, Jam, Yogurt Menus, Bake Evenly, Automatic Keep Warm, 3 Crust Color

Does exactly what it's designed to do, and does it well! I do enjoy making my own bread, but the constant need to check on everything throughout the entire process stopped me from doing it as often as I wanted to. I also didn't want to spend hundreds on "the best" machine that would be too big for my small kitchen, or worse, not live up to the hype and go unused. I snagged this for 70 bucks on prime day, and it's perfect! I haven't used any other recipes or functions besides basic white bread, but it comes out delicious every time. This machine is quiet, compact, and it is honestly dump and go. It's so easy to use, the settings and instructions are straightforward, and I haven't had an issue removing a loaf once cooked. I will say, the little kneading/mixing paddle does also come out every time stuck in the loaf, but they provide a little tool to pull that out. Based on how it's designed, I'm not sure a loaf would ever be removed without the paddle being stuck in the bread. I'm not sure how other machines may avoid this, but it's a non-issue considering how affordable and well this little machine works! It has a small footprint for my counter, has a handle that makes it easy to move if needed, and it's not too heavy or bulky. It feels sturdy and well made, and I hope this little machine lasts me a long time!

If I were to custom design a bread maker, this would be it. I love its small, lightweight design with a carrying handle. I love the recipe book, the ease of use and the many programs. I love the small loaves. Best of all, it makes better bread than any of my five previous bread makers over the years. The loaves are perfectly shaped, nicely browned, evenly baked, with a perfect crumb. I've made several dozen loaves, all different and all from the recipe book. I do add some dough conditioners like diastatic malt, lecithin and vital wheat gluten when I use AP or whole wheat flour-- I do that with all my bread makers. I'm tempted to buy a second unit in case this first one malfunctions or becomes unavailable in the future.

I have been using this daily for the past two months. How did I live without it? I have tried the included recipe book’s instructions for white bread (delicious, soft, dense (no big air bubble spaces), and good texture for toast and sandwiches). I have tried the included book’s recipe for LIGHT whole wheat (my personal favorite, it is a balance of all purpose flour and whole wheat flour— soft, smooth, dense (no air bubble spaces)— flexible for sandwiches (holds together well but NOT AT ALL TOUGH). I have also tried WHOLE whole wheat recipe and it, too, is marvelous. It is a bit dense, does not rise quite as fluffy (this IS WHOLE WHEAT’s normal characteristics, not detriments!). It tastes delicious. Honestly the BEST tasting of the recipes I have tried so far but the texture is a bit too “whole” for my tastes, but EXCELLENT in its own class! I also have stopped the machine before the bake cycle and baked it myself in my own bread pans in my own oven. I preferred the loaf shape of the oven-baked bread but it was not worth the bother, so now I just let the machine do ALL the work including the baking. The slices are perfect toaster and sandwich size. So each morning, I follow the chosen recipe instructions in the recommended order. With a bit of familiarity it takes me NO effort or bother at all to “throw” the ingredients into the bread pan and then choose the appropriate cycle and size. I WALK AWAY and let the machine do ALL the work. I have been a bread maker for many years and have enjoyed it immensely. But it is a PROJECT when you bake bread without a bread machine. A loving and enjoyable BUT TIRING process involving a LOT of mess and clean up. The machine takes care of all that.. How did I live without this bread machine? I love this because our children are gone from home now and we do not need a HUGE loaf of bread. This machine has an option to bake a modest-sized one-pound loaf which is perfect for my husband and I. I bake bread now for others as gifts or as barter payments for fresh eggs or some other exchange. This bread freezes perfectly so I have “baked ahead” a bit. I keep the smaller sized loaves frozen in the freezer, well packed, and hand them out as I wish. I have also sliced the bread before freezing and that works very well, too. Packed well, and with the fresh date in mind, the sliced bread does not dry out, crack, warp, or form crystals. However if you need a larger loaf, this machine has the option of a 1-and-1/2 pound loaf. ALL the included recipes have specific instructions and measurements for the smaller 1-pound OR the larger 1-and-1/2 pound loaf. I’ve tried both sizes : perfect! I have not attempted sourdough yet. Next on the list! Buy this machine. I am VERY satisfied with mine.

I just can’t say how much I love this small bread maker. It fits wonderfully on my counter, not too large.. I use it just on the do cycle to make dough for my bread for my cinnamon rolls for my pizzas.. It works perfect perfectly.. I have other bread makers that are the full size for 2 pound bread but I just prefer this smaller one because like I said it fits so nicely on my counter. I don’t have to put it away and get it out. It’s just handy. It’s there and like I said, I just use it to make dough. I make my own bread and bake it in the oven

I haven't had a chance to make any bread yet, but I really like this machine thus far. It comes with an instruction booklet with all the care details and warnings, etc. Then it has a separate book for just bread recipes. To my surprise, it also makes cake, jams/jellies, and yogurt. I already have a yogurt machine, but I really would love to try making the jam recipes!! I had to laugh because there is a funny boo-boo on page 24 of the instruction booklet under #12. To remove the bread from the bread pan, turn the pan upside down "with protective hot pad or insulted oven mitts." I've never known my oven mitts to get "insulted" so I'm not sure they will work for this. LOL Just a funny! The instructions are generally well written in good English. Very detailed and no questions were raised because of missing information. I've had a bread machine before so I know what to look for and I'm confident that this will produce some nice good eats! I would highly recommend it for those who want smaller loaves of bread as this will make a 1-lb loaf.

I purchased this bread maker solely to be able to easily make my own dark pumpernickel bread at home. Store-bought bread isn’t worth it anymore. The 1 lb loaf is perfect for one person and is enough for a few sandwiches or days worth of toast. I’ve used the rye/pumpernickel recipe in the book that comes with the machine, as well as the King Arthur dark pump recipe for bread machines, and the bread has come out perfect each time. Although, I prefer the King Arthur recipe - it’s more flavorful. It takes about 3 hours and bakes evenly. The bread has a chewy crust and moist, even texture that holds up well to toasting, grilling, slicing, and barely softened butter. It also freezes well. The smell is amazing while it bakes, and I love the ease of being able to just add the ingredients and press a few buttons when I want homemade bread. I don’t miss making bread by hand. The machine doesn’t take up a lot of room and is easy to take a part and clean. The stainless steel looks great in my kitchen. I had my eye on a comparable high-end, compact, Japanese bread machine that is hundreds of dollars. For the price (under $100 at this writing), you can’t beat this Briskind bread machine. I highly recommend. Buy it.

Carry handle really is handy for moving the machine, so it doesn't need to permanently take up a spot on a table or countertop. I have had this bread machine, a little over a year, have been using it several times a week for pretty much every week, I've stopped buying bread and English muffins, I've used the dough function a few times, never used the jam making or cake making function, and since the first week or two, stopped using the hook to remove the paddle (I now just use a needle nose plier). I've had several bread machines before and usually one of the trickiest things used to be removing the paddle from the baked loaf used to be, now I don't sweat over it. I recently found that since most of the times the recipes come out very heavy and those are the ones that retain the paddle in the bread when the loaf is removed from the tub; now I've been varying my mixture, and found that if I start off with more water, the loaves are softer and the paddle remains in the tub. Since after using it for several months, I since have switched from measuring spoons to weight. I calculated the weights of all the ingredients in every recipe, and it's so much faster and more accurate and the results are much more consistent. I weigh the water out in a Pyrex 1 cup pitcher style measuring cup, and warm the water in the microwave for 90 seconds, to counteract the cool/cold temperature of the tub. I found that the yeast activates better if the tub is warm. I also add 2 ounces of either rolled oats or corn meal to every recipe and it makes the flour more even and consistent. The best, most fulfilling bread recipes from the manual, in my opinion were the onion bread and the potato bread. I just used regular potato and regular chopped onion. Once the bread's baked there is no way to see that there was chopped onion in there and it's not an onion flavor, it's just a fulfilling texture added to the bread. Weighing the ingredients directly into the tub with the tub directly on top of my postal/kitchen scale (tared out) is more than twice as quick as measuring everything out with spoons and cups, and as well, it's more consistent and probably much more accurate. I can whip up the entire loaf of bread ingredients on the scale in under two minute; while with measuring spoons and bowls the same thing can take 5-10 minutes. The yeast is always 5g, the salt is several grams (according to which recipe) and the sugar is also several grams, while the flour is according to weight as well scooped directly into the tub. Again, I've found that 1-2 extra ounces of water makes the bread softer and less heavy and allows the paddle to remain in the tub after baking. I have found that I like to swap the loaf out and remove the paddle from the tub about 20 minutes before the end of baking, then flip the loaf over so that the top of the loaf can be toasted against the bottom of the tub (the shaft of the tub puts a small hole in the top of the loaf). The tub and the loaf are pretty hot when I do this so I use a kitchen towel to protect my hands while I perform that operation. I've gone through only about half of the recipes in the manual. My favorites are the potato bread and the onion bread but mostly I just use the French bread - it is the simplest and requires the least ingredients. Also I discovered that most of the yeast for sale these days are "rapid" yeasts and the rapid setting in the machine is over an hour quicker and does work but after I started using more water, I switched back to using the normal baking cycle which is about three hours. I really use the hoop handle to move the machine around. Sometimes I just fill the ingredients, start the machine, and with the basket style handle, I lift it down to the floor and let it do its work. About 20 minutes before the end of the cycle, i take it back up again and open it and flip the loaf. Warning, this usually happens with most of the recipes most of the time. The loaves are softer on the top than on the bottom; that is one of the reasons I pretty much always just flip the loaves over during the last part of the baking cycle. Sometimes if I don't get to the loaf before the 20 minutes and the baking finishes before I can flip the loaf, I just change the program to 'bake only' then set the bake time (it goes from 10-50 minutes) to ten minutes, then I flip the loaf anyway. I think this bread maker is good for one or two people and compact, versatile, reliable and handy. The basket handle to move the entire machine is both unique and surprisingly handy. As I noted, I just start the machine, grab the handle, and lower it to the floor as it kneads and bakes. The cord has ample length to allow this. These features are not on more expensive machines. The paddle does leave a huge wound in the bottom of the loaf and that affects several of the slices on that one side of the loaf. That is the only perceived 'drawback' but all automatic breadmakers have paddles that leave wounds in the loaves that come out of them. I think this machine is better than many of the others, most likely, but I've been using it several times a week for over a year and will continue to use it, I only need to buy flour and I'm still on the same block of baker's yeast that I bought a good number of months ago. I used up the bottle of yeast after those first three or four months. I did use yeast packets during the first month to five weeks I used the machine till I finally figures out how much yeast to measure out in the recipes. Now I don't even measure the yeast, i just weigh it out, it's five grams. I recommend to all machine bakers, maybe even all bread bakers, since beginning to use a kitchen scale, it is much easier and quicker to mix up bread recipes. It does take a bit of work to figure out what your weights need to be, but if you use AI, just ask AI questions like 'how many grams are in a teaspoon of salt?' and the like, those questions will help to get the weight amounts for your ingredients. I didn't do it that way at first, I calculated it myself. I wrote them on a 3x5 index card and keep the card clipped to the recipe book. I also copied my own version of the bread recipe with the weights onto a card and keep that clipped to the book too. Now I just use the recipe with the measuring weights that I made myself on that 3x5 card. My digital scale with the tub directly on the scale works so much better than any measuring cups or spoons. I ordered clear plastic bread bags from Amazon too, a pack of 50 8x4x18, and I reuse one for several loaves, they really come in handy for right before I put the loaves into the refrigerator. These should last me a few months. I got this unit at the end of 2024 and it is now the beginning of 2026; I've been baking at least twice to three or four times a week with the machine and it's going strong.

I'm a kitchen gadget nut. I have been using bread makers since the late 1980s and have used many of them, as I'll often pick up one (for fun) at thrift stores. In general, I think a good machine is one that consistently produces a decent loaf of bread. Unfortunately, I have had some issues with this machine. But let's look at the positives and negatives of this machine. Positives: This machine is small, much smaller than just about any other machine that I have used. It comes with some extras, including a second kneading blade, which can cost $15-$20. It has many different programs for different types of bread. Negatives: The pan is very small; in my opinion, it is too small. I understand that this machine makes a 1-1.5 pound loaf, but it still needs to be 1" or more bigger. The recipe book is large, but the quantities are added with many ingredients, requiring the use of multiple measuring tools. For instance, it may say 2 cups and 2 tablespoons of flour. That's not so unusual, but it does it for many of the ingredients, which seem like they just took a bunch of recipes and then scaled them down. This is a hassle and doesn't always work well. The biggest problem is that it tends to overproof on the 1.5-pound loaf and underproofs on the 1-pound loaves. I tried the white bread recipe in the book multiple times with various minor changes, such as reducing the yeast or adding a dough stabilizer. Typically, the bread would either be completely overproofed and expand well beyond the pan. When using a 1-pound loaf recipe, the bread would be the opposite, too compact and underproofed. I also used some proven recipes I have had success with in other bread makers, with similar poor results. See my photos. I think many would be better served with a standard, regular-sized bread maker. If you want a smaller loaf, get one with a vertical pan, as it can accommodate both small and large loaves with ease. You can always make a larger loaf and freeze half if you're a single person or use less bread. Just my two cents.

I bought this because I never use the 2 pound size when I make bread and wanted a bread machine with a smaller footprint.But I guess 11/2 lb. bread in this bread machine is not the same as my full size one.When I used my recipe for the loaf in the Briskind it raised the top before it was fully baked.I guess 1 1/2 lb. bread size changes with the manufacturer of bread machine.I finally adjusted my recipe to 1 pound loaf-It worked perfectly.

Love the carrying handle. Makes a perfectly sized loaf and on my first try. I figure that for two people who don't eat much bread to begin with, two loaves a week will suffice. And bonus, no more buying so-called 'fresh' bread. I give both the seller and the machine an enthusiastic, A+ rating.

easy to use. works well

Produces nice bread; however, despite the advertising, the paddle does not remain in the machine, and consequently, there is a large hole in the bread after removing it. It's a pity that there is no warning beep before the last rise, enabling the removal of the paddle before baking, like my previous breadmaker. All in all though, I'm happy with it.

Last night, I just first tried this bread maker with my modified recipe. The result came out great. Besides, with this machine, the kitchen counter and my clothes both kept very tidy and clean compare with hand-made scenario. I understand some bad reviews regarding the recipes. If you can modify the recipes, then this machine can really help. My ideas/ suggestions are: 1. The maximum bread volum is 1.2 pounds, instead of 1.5 pounds, and choose the whiter color. 2. Try to change all the units of the ingredients into grams , instead of cups, tea spoon,...etc. 3. Practice makes perfect! (I am a certified baker.) Good luck!