I bake my own bread. I do it by hand though. I don't use a machine. I made my first batch of homemade bread when I was 9. My grandmother supervised and tuned the oven on for me. She didn't want me climbing on the stove but I did everything else. I was proud as a peacock. I bake bread here in Italy in much smaller batches than I used to at home. When I would do it at home I would make a huge batch that gave me around 10 - 12 loaves and we would freeze it. I usually do 3 loaves here at a time or 1 loaf and 12 large dinner rolls. I do that once sometimes twice a week. I was given a bread machine a few years ago but I tend to use it to make pizza dough or jam. It has several setting one of them being for jam. So, I also make my own jam usually once a month. I do a batch of jam that yields 6 bottles and by the time I give you to Guido's aunt and Giulio (BIL) and Guido have a pig out on it there is 3 left by the end of the first week which lasts the rest of the month. If it comes to baking or cooking of any kind I like to try everything. I adore cooking.