BREAD MACHINE WARNING! I thought these looked like a yummy weekend project. At home I have a Zo, but at my vacation cottage I use an inexpensive bread machine. I noticed the dough mixture was very heavy, not much water for all the flour and butter. After a couple of minutes of mixing, the blade stopped turning. I could hear the motor whirring, and I know from sad experience that these machines use plastic gears that cannot be replaced or repaired and you can't even get into the machine (unlike my first machine that had a belt that could be replaced). No choice but to throw it away. I finished kneading the dough by hand, and it looks and feels great. But I no longer have a bread machine to use here. So be careful if you plan to use a machine rather than a stand mixer!

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