Bread has been around for many millennia, and has been cooked at home for years. It has been cooked in both sweet and savoury versions, or simply plain, which can be used either way. Many smaller urban areas, even after bread was no longer baked at home, would still commonly bake it communally, using communal ovens, or those that were available.
In recent years, bread machines, which are also known as bread makers, have become more popular. These have also made making bread at home a whole lot easier. Gone is the preparation time; it is now a largely hands-off process. All the ingredients are simply placed inside the machine - and there are many commercially available bread mixes that contain almost all of the required ingredients, the main excluded ingredient being water - and the machine will make the bread to the chosen programme. These machines also commonly come with timers, allowing them to be set up hours before the bread is needed - and you really want a machine with a timer. The use of a timer means that a bread machine can be completely set up before going to bed, and you can then make up in the morning to a freshly cooked, warm loaf of bread.
This loaf will usually be smaller than many commercial loaves, but is still adequate for the average sized family. For smaller families, the loaf will last a couple of days. If bread machines have a flaw, it is that they still need time in which to cook the bread, usually a few hours, so you cannot decide that you want bread in the next few minutes, you need to plan it beforehand.
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