I have had the same breadmaker for 5 years. It was my mom's before that so I don't know how old it is. I discovered that if I go against the advice of the breadmaker handbook (add ingredients in order suggested which is wet, then dry, then form a well and put yeast in it) Instead I add warm fluid, yeast, sugar and wait 10 min then add the ingredients on top of that, I get a much lighter loaf.
I've been using my Breadman Ultimate for a number of months to make almost all my bread. I am now experimenting with sourdough. It doesn't really rise fast enough for the breadmaker, so I have tried adding extra yeast, but that's a bit hit & miss - I had one loaf that sank, and I think it must have risen too much.
So I am now experimenting with overnight fermentation. I had quite a successful first attempt. The Breadman won't allow you to program any phase for more than 100 minutes, so I did the following:
