Top 8 Bread Machines

1. Zojirushi Home Bakery

Bakes a traditional horizontal loaf, cakes, and makes jam. Settings include "homemade," which allows you to enter your own time settings for each stage. Comes with a recipe booklet and video.

2. Breadman Plus 2-lb.

This stainless steel model bakes 1, 1 1/2, and 2-pound horizontal loaves. Cycles include super-rapid, 100% whole wheat, gluten-free, and others.

3. Breadman Deluxe Bread Machine

This breadmaker bakes 1, 1 1/2, and 2-pound vertical loaves. Has jam cycles, whole wheat, and cake, and has a total of 19 programs.

4. WestBend Just For Dinner Bread Maker

This compact bread machine will make a 3/4-pound loaf in 45 minutes.

5. Cuisinart CBK-200 2-Lb Convection Automatic Bread Maker

An attractive convection bread machine which circulates heated air around the bread for a perfect crust. Preprogrammed menu options, a choice of crust color, and 3 loaf sizes. The machine has low carb and gluten-free menu options along with the more standard bread, cakes, jams, and doughs.

6. Zojirushi 11x8x12 Home Bakery Mini Breadmaker

A small Zojirushi breadmaker will turn out 1-pound loaves, and it does cakes, cookie and pasta doughs, jams, and more.

7. Panasonic Bread Maker with YeastPro (TM)

This Panasonic machine makes 3 loaf sizes. Features include 13-hour timer, non-stick coating, an automatic yeast dispenser, crust control, various dough modes, and a recipe booklet with 50 recipes.

8. Oster 2-lb. Bread Machine

An economical machine with 18 settings, easy to clean surfaces, a 13-hour delay. It bakes 1 to 2-pound horizontal loaves, and comes with more than 50 recipes.