Oster Expressbake Breadmaker, 2-lb. Loaf Capacity,
$135.53
Price: $135.53
(as of Feb 24, 2025 17:06:42 UTC – Details)
Wake up to the aroma of freshly baked bread with the Oster Express bake Bread Machine. Designed to make up to a 2 pound family sized loaf, this bread maker comes with its own tested recipes for ultimate perfection. The bread machine features multiple settings that offer ideal baking versatility and a Delay Bake timer that lets you set the baking time up to 13 hours in advance. An Express Bake cycle bakes delicious bread in under an hour. A large LCD display allows you to easily navigate the settings, and a clear window on the top lets you peek inside to see the bread as it bakes. For added convenience, this bread maker comes with a measuring cup, a spoon, and a kneading paddle. The sleek design with White/Ivory finish effortlessly matches any kitchen décor, making the Oster Express bake Bread Machine a great housewarming or wedding gifeet.
650 watts oster bread maker with upto a 2.0 pound loaf capacity is ideal for larger families
12 bread settings and 3 crust settings for making a variety of breads, dough, and jams
Expressbake setting bakes bread in under an hour
13 hour programmable baking timer for fresh bread anytime
Large LCD display and intuitive button controls for easy operation, 40 inch cord length
Cerity –
Super Excited!
Like many reviewers here, I’ve made my own bread in the past, but wanted a bread machine for the “set it and forget it” model of bread-making. This one looked easy to use, flexible in its capabilities, and affordable.It just came in the mail today (ahead of the book of recipes I also ordered), and I couldn’t wait to make something with it! I took it out, set it up (cleaning two pieces, super easy), and read over the sections of the book that seemed relevant. It’s clear it was written by someone who knows the English language and isn’t a hack-translation. For a first shot, I went with the first recipe that shows up in the manual that many people poo-poo for not being good.But uh oh! I was out of butter and had no milk powder! After some googling, I found you can generally replace the water in the recipe with milk. And, as with other bread recipes, other oils can replace the butter (vegetable, olive, etc). PHEW!I precisely measured 1 cup milk + 3/8 cup water (who the heck comes up with 3/8 anyway?) and 2 tbs of olive oil to replace the butter. In it went.I went down the list of the other ingredients and added them in order, skipping the milk powder. The dry ingredients completely covered the wet ones at the bottom. I made a well in the flour and put the yeast in there so it didn’t come into contact with the salt, as some people have warned. Medium crust and hit GO!!!I wanted to see how the machine worked following the rest of the manual exactly. No scraping the sides. No lifting the lid. Where I live, the humidity and elevation do not muck up other recipes, so I figured it should all go as planned. The result? After the first 5 minutes of mixing, there was still a bit of flour and such at the corners of the bowl. After the 15 minute mark, the dough had formed a perfect ball, not a spec of flour or anything else on the sides. I was amazed! I don’t know if other recipes will work out as well, but following directions and measuring everything very carefully, as the manual states many times, it seems to work well.Another reviewer mentioned a weird beeping that occurred during the cycle (and woke him up in the night when he had set the cycle to go). The book doesn’t mention it explicitly in “Bread Machine Stages” list, but that’s the extra ingredients step that most cycles have. It scared me at first, but once I knew what it was everything was okay.The bread just came out and it looks and tastes awwweeeesooooome! My husband and I give it 5 stars. It’s big and fluffy and yummy. No pockets of non-mixed ingredients on the inside, no flour or other stuff on the outside. It’s firm enough that I can cut it into thin sandwich slices without totally smooshing it, but soft and airy on the inside. The crust is crunchy, but not hard. The mixing spatula was left in the bowl when I took the bread out, and it didn’t make much of a hole in any one piece of bread.So… the first recipe works fine if you do it right, and bread making is all about figuring out what works for your area anyway. All I have left to clean is a few crumbs in the bowl and on the mixing spatula. Much easier than regular bread and took about as long to make!
Amazon Fan –
Now I can bake in the summer!!
I live in Phoenix, so using the oven from mid-May through mid-October is avoided like the plague. I love to bake, so I found myself saying things like “Well, when it gets cooler, we can make cornbread.” or “When it cools off, we’ll bake a batch of zucchini bread.” I put off doing something I love because of the weather! I keep asking myself why we live here… but that’s off topic.Now I can bake year-round! Using the Oster instruction manual, I baked the Expressbake White Bread 1.5# loaf as soon as I opened the box. I had fresh bread, in July, within two hours of Amazon’s delivery! I tried the 3-hour bake vs. the Expressbake, and I think both are great… so I’ll stick with the Expressbake for our daily bread. Why wait? The bread slices beautifully and we use it just like a normal loaf of bread we would buy from the store. Seriously. Even my 11-year-old prefers homemade bread for his sandwiches now… PB&J, turkey & cheese, and it makes fantastic grilled cheese!Using quality ingredients (i.e. King Arthur Flour, etc) a loaf of bread now costs me $1.55 per loaf (for the white bread listed above) vs. $3.99 or more from the grocery store, minus all the bad ingredients and preservatives most of us can’t pronounce.I also purchased The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook (also through Amazon) based on customer reviews. I wanted to get the most out of this bread maker. I have now made raspberry jam, white sandwich bread, apple walnut bread (from the Oster book; great toasted), light rye (Oster book), pasta dough, pizza dough, (both on dough setting) and a wonderful Banana Bread quick bread (no yeast) from the Bread Machine cookbook.Because this machine’s kneading blade is meant for kneading, it does NOT mix batters properly. So if you decide to make banana bread, corn bread, or cake, etc. you will need to mix all of the ingredients in a bowl FIRST, then pour into the bread maker bread pan, MINUS the kneading blade (you won’t need it) – you will skip to the “Bake” function for these types of recipes. The “Quick Bread” is like a “Cake” cycle called for in some recipes – but because this maker does not mix, you will pre-mix the batter then pour it into the pan, then select the “Bake” cycle (about an hour) instead (no mixing in the bake cycle). Like normal baking, you will check the bread at the end of the cycle with a toothpick. For example, the banana bread was not done at the end of the cycle, so I restarted the Bake cycle and set a timer for 10 minutes, then rechecked the bread. It took an extra 10 – 15 minutes to finish this bread and it is one of the best banana breads I’ve ever made.This machine would make an excellent gift for a shower, birthday, wedding… especially along with the cookbook. I think it would even work great in a dorm room or in a barracks room (those who allow cooking in your room, but easy to hide in a locked wall locker with all the ingredients).Easy to clean. Easy to use. Saves you money. Healthy for your family. Worth every single penny.
Luis –
Con levadura instantánea en buen estado, levanta bien la masa, excepto en el modo xpress de 1 hora total, ahí siento que no levanta tanto como en los otros modos, pero eso es de esperarse y de cualquier forma quedan muy decentes.Buena calidad, no hace mucho ruido ni se tambalea al batir.OJO: Si tienes niños, jugando aprietan el botón de inicio o apagado, se echó a perder el pan, xq no puedes reiniciar donde ibas, inicia de nuevo a batir y demás.Hemos probado pan de plátano, clásico, italiano, etc. todos han salido bien sin problemas.Pagué cerca de 100 USD ($1,920MXN) y compraría de nuevo, mis hijos piden pan diario desde que la tenemos.He escuchado quejas por la altura sobre el nivel del mar, pero en Guadalajara, funcionó sin problemas.
Amazon Customer –
good stuff
Carolina Ángeles –
Fácil de usar, excepto que el manual no es muy claro en algunos aspectos. Pero es muy práctico y sano hacer pan en casa.El tostado realmente es muy claro, por lo que recomiendo siempre lo uses en modo “dark”.Silenciosa y fácil de lavar.
gs –
does what you want from it … nothing fancy … but produces nice bread… that’s all that one should expect of it… though please keep in mind its made for 120 volt countries… and you will need a dc / ac upconverter – or you’ll burn the appliance
David in Phoenix –
For beginners, stay close to the manual recipes. You’ll get excellent bread and gain confidence. Read the basic operating manual and then the machine will mostly run itself. It’s a good product if used properly. You’ll want to get a slip proof or skid mat for your counter. It’s a compact machine and will move around a bit during the dough preparation. Double check your ingredients before starting the bake. Tip: If you’re doing your own recipes, have a pan ready in case you get too much rise. You can finish the bread in your oven. It makes crusty and moist bread. Enjoy.