I know Spaw, it has been AGES since I have had time to bake bread. I think it's time I made some time. I miss it. It's always very exciting when it works!

I have not tried the frozen bread dough but I have heard other reports that it is pretty good.

Now, just about everyone on this list knows that I think bread machines are the devil. However, I will concede that they might possibly have their good points. One, they do save time. Two, they are probably a godsend for people who have allergies to certain grains & such & can't eat regular storebought breads. Three, you have the flexibility to make whatever the hell you want. (but you have that anyway, when you make something yourself)

Justa Picker, the thing is... I have NEVER had a bread machine loaf that tasted like it was a real homebaked loaf of bread. Real homebaked bread has a certain density to it that the machines just can't seem to duplicate. A real homebaked loaf doesn't have the same kind of big fat holes in it that storebought or machine bread has.

It just ain't the same. It just ain't!

However, people that I know who have a machine love it, probably because they don't know any better. lol Anyhow, I think The Bread Machine is supposed to be pretty good. Is that the Black & Decker one? I don't know. But B&D has a good reputation, so I think you could trust anything they make.