The greatest thing about this bread machine is that you can put in all of the ingrediants the night before. Then when you wake up in the morning you have warm bread to go with your coffee. It is a good price for the machine too. I have had my panasonic bread machine now for eleven years, and it still works great. I use it for my dinner parties, and on weekends when I have company over for brunch. There are many types of breads you can make in this machine. It comes with a cook book, and the booki has many helpful hints. I even made bagels one time from the recipes in the book that...review »