I will be purchasing a bread machine for my mother for Christmas this year and am looking for suggestions as to a model to buy. Has anyone purchased their machine within the last year? Good or bad review on it? What model did you buy?

She has used a bread machine in the past. She uses it from start to finish – baking the bread and everything. Only very rarely does she pull out the dough to bake in the oven. She is specifically looking for a machine that makes a rectangular loaf, rather than a large round loaf.

Also, I really want to keep the price at around 0 or less, if possible. I know there is at least one model out there that is double that, but I can’t afford that one!