Contest winning recipe submitted by:  Lenore Adams from Red Wing, MN 

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1st Place and $100 went to Triple Berry Shortcake submitted by Diane from Ludington, MI. 

This recipe is uniquely simple yet colorful and packed with flavor.  We especially enjoyed the orange zest in the shortcakes–Nice touch Diane!  Read more

Roast Pork Loin with McIntosh Sturdiwheat Stuffing

Contest winning recipe submitted by:  Mary Leverette from Columbia, South Carolina Read more

These tastey citrus muffins can be for a breakfast on the go or a treat any time of day.

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The Wall Street Journal Test Kitchen tested 5 bread machines this February.  See the article here. 

They tested our favorite bread machine from Zojirushi and it got pretty good reviews.  The only cons they pointed out were its price, and complicated manual.  It is more expensive than many other models, but you get what you pay for with the Zojirushi.  It is beautifully built, solid, and the only machine on the market that produces a traditional long loaf  with a full length crown instead of a tall tower of bread with a small crown.  The WSJ also mentioned how quite it is.  This is a very important point.  Many bread machines will send you running into the kitchen to see what fell off the counter!

Thanks to all for sending in your spring  photos!

1st Place and $100 goes to Rick

Tie for 2nd Place and $50 goes to Julie Read more

Following are the results of the Limpa-Sweet Rye bread test.  Overall the results from our 153 testers were very positive and we have ideas to address problems testers did have both with their machine and with the mix.  When reading through the comments sections there are two things to note.  First, the comments start out with the tester’s answer to the question:  Would you recommend this product to others?  Second, portions of the comments will be in bold followed with a number or letter to denote that at the end of the section there will be a corresponding note addressing the bolded portion.    Thank you again for being a Sturdiwheat Tester and we look forward to the next test.

I.  Bread Machine Results

 

 

Black & Decker

• Definitely-Perhaps adding a water temp range to the directions-might help the novice baker(A). Great bread one of my favorites. (All in one horizontal #UNK)

Breadmaster

• Definitely-Great flavor & so easy! Delicious. I took this bread to a dinner party & collected feedback. Rave reviews-the only area without all positive feedback was that the middle/bottom was slightly doughy. (Ultimate)
• Definitely-I am not a rye bread fan in general, but your products are all so good, I loved this bread -one error on my part-I took it out of the oven too early- couldn’t wait!

Breadman Read more

As the snow melts this spring, let your creative juices flow.  Cook up a spring pancake creation using Sturdiwheat Pancake mix and any other edible ingredients you like.  Before you devour it, send us a picture of your masterpiece with the bag of mix somewhere in the picture by Thursday, April 8th and we will pick a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner to receive $100, $50, and $25 gift certificates respectively.  Multiple entries per household welcome.  All contestants’ photos will be posted on this blog after the winners have been chosen.

Have fun!

Round 1

The purpose of the first round is to test the out-of-the-box performance of each machine.  This means that we pulled the new bread machines out of their boxes, plugged them in, followed the directions on the backs of the bags of 4 Sturdiwheat Bread mixes, and hit “START”.  We did not glance at any of the directions for the individual machines.  The results from Round 1 will not reflect the full potential of these bread machines.  It will allow us to compare them side by side on the same setting with the same mixes, and will reflect their user friendly qualities for those of us who dread reading the directions.  Round 2 will be more experimental and involves reading the directions to address individual problems revealed in Round 1.

         

  

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Breadman Corner Bakery

   

Breadman Pro

  

Breadman Ultimate Plus

  

Cuisinart Bread Maker

  

Panasonic Bread Bakery

  

Westbend

  

Zojirushi Home Bakery Supreme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sturdiwheat Golden Grain was the first bread tested and dried out (crack in loaf) by the last day of testing, though it is still representative of size and crust thickness.

Breadman Corner Bakery
Cycle setting	#3 Whole wheat, B Crust Medium
Ease of programming	Very Easy
Length of cycle	4 hours
Temp of Water	100° F
Ease of removing bread from pan	Very Easy
Appearance of bread	Great
Price	$58.88

                         

Test Score:  5 Stars

                  

Test Notes:

This machine had the most consistent great results and was also the easiest to use.  Each of the Sturdiwheat loaves baked perfectly and had a nice crust that was true to the medium setting.  As you can see the Ole’s Wild Rice Bread came out very large, it was actually touching the lid about ¾ of the way through the cycle.  It may have produced a nice dome as well if it had the room!  It seems this machine is not available now and we will be testing another comparable Breadman soon to see if produces similar results.