I'm not saying that a bread machine makes bread as good as the artisanal sort but it always works pretty well for us. You can put all manner of fruit and nuts and seeds in ours by virtue of its special dispenser, but mostly we make either wholemeal or ciabatta loaves. We have an old Panasonic SD253. We're very happy with it. It takes just a couple of minutes to weigh the ingredients in, then you switch it on and it takes four or five hours to make the loaf. You can use a delay timer and do it overnight or while you're having a day out.