Hi Bonnie! The artisan bread setting for your Cuisinart bread machine is used for extra long ferments that are typically used in sourdough bread baking but could also be used long-fermented yeast bread baking. This setting holds the dough at a more ambient temperature to allow the dough to rise more slowly and develop flavor over time rather than making it ready to bake as quickly as possible. Use this setting for dough recipes that are calling for rising times of 3 hours or more and are removed from the bread machine to be shaped as you like and baked in the oven. 

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