With baking breads it can be tricky to get the hang of it. There is the old fashioned way mixing by hand in a bowl then turning it on floured surface and kneading for a very long time. Then there is using a stand mixer with a dough hook. Finally a bread maker.There are pros and cons of each method of making the bread dough. With the bread maker the pros are throw your ingredients in and make a couple of selections that you want to be done by the machine. The cons would be the hole that is left from the mixing paddle that is in the bottom of the pan inside the bread maker machine.