Two comments:
1. Cassandra, it is true that a stand mixer is more versatile (we have a Kitchenaid and love it), the big attraction of a bread machine is set it and forget it. No muss. No fuss. It takes 10-15 minutes to measure all the ingredients. Then you turn it on and you're done. The machine does everything else. If I wanted to knead bread by hand, I wouldn't use a bread machine. The machines also have a timer so we can put in the ingredients and set it to be ready at a certain time, like breakfast or dinner.
2. One problem that I was reminded of at dinner tonight. As I mentioned earlier, the bread is phenomenally better than store bought stuff so you tend to eat more of it. My wife made a double size challah tonight. 4 of us devoured about 2/3 of it. Had it been a store bought challah, I probably would have had one slice.
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