This post is a little outdated because I got Zojirushi BB-HAQ10 (“Zoji”) close to 3 weeks ago, alongside a few other electrical appliances. Wheeee! I will blog about KitchenAid KSM150 (“Kate”) once I begin using it, which will be after my baking corner is up and running. Can’t wait actually!
Zoji, my newfound friend!
What I really enjoy about Zoji? Here goes!
1. No more sticky hands – Baking a bread by hand, as the name suggests, requires extensive use of your hands. They often become sticky and unsightly, with lumps of dough stuck to your fingers. And if your phone rings at this moment, good luck to you for trying not to make it a missed call. And this actually happened to me before. If not the phone, beware of the door bell as well lols.
2. No more achy arms – To try to work a bread dough to the desired state is like going to the gym. You may sweat and your arms may ache, but even still the stubborn dough may not have reached its ideal state.
3. Free time – Pop the ingredients into Zoji and you are free to do your own things in the meantime. You can go take a afternoon nap, surf the net, go swimming and get washed up, before you pop back by Zoji to admire the baking-in-process. One loaf of bread typically takes 3 hours or even more, so that means 3 hours of me-time for yourself. So why not?
Zoji has been behaving a little erratic I must say lols. Or maybe it’s because I haven’t understood him well enough yet. But when he’s behaving well, the bread tastes great! My personal favourite thus far has to be the milk bread with its cotton soft texture. Ok please remember to use active dry yeast instead of instant yeast. It was by trial and error that I discovered that using the former gives you much more volume in your bread. Active dry yeast is more expensive than instant yeast no doubt, but it definitely yields better results. So absolutely no regrets there.
Milk bread loaf fresh from Zoji
Next up, Zoji’s maiden cake perhaps?:)