How to program your Zojirushi bread machine

Baking appetizers, main dishes, and desserts in your Zo X20 bread machine is easy, once you've programmed it. You'll have no problem when you follow these illustrated steps.

First of all, your machine might say COMPLETE, like this, when you start to program it. Push START/RESET (center button, lower row) to get your machine ready for programming.

Press START/RESET (center button, lower row) till the small black triangle in the screen points to HOMEMADE, and reads MEMORY in the screen. It'll say MEMORY 1, MEMORY 2, or MEMORY 3. You can choose any of the MEMORY settings. We've chosen MEMORY 2 here.

Press CYCLE to get to PREHEAT. If OFF doesn't appear in the window, press TIME (middle button, upper row) till OFF appears; it'll be blinking. Press CYCLE again to stop the blinking.

Press CYCLE to get to KNEAD. If OFF doesn't appear in the window, press TIME (middle button, upper row) till OFF appears. Press CYCLE to stop the blinking, if necessary.

Repeat process, moving through RISE 1...

...RISE 2...

...and RISE 3. All should read OFF.

When you get to BAKE, press and hold down the TIME button.

The machine will read 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 1:00, and 1:10 (which is 70 minutes, the baking time for many of the recipes you'll use). Be sure to let your finger off when it reaches 1:10—that's your final goal. If it goes back to OFF, just cycle through it all again till you get to 1:10.

Press CYCLE one more time, to get to KEEP WARM. If your recipe calls for adding the KEEP WARM cycle, press CYCLE once to get to 1:00.

Press START/RESET. The screen should read 1:10. When you're ready to bake, press START/RESET. BAKE will appear on the screen, and the red light underneath START/RESET should light up. If it doesn't light, press START/RESET again. Baking has started. Come back in 70 minutes to a delicious finished treat!

Some recipes, such as risotto, call for the JAM cycle. Press SELECT COURSE to get to the JAM cycle. When you're ready to bake, press START/RESET to begin. Again, make sure the red light appears.

One more hint: the START/RESET button is your best friend. Push it twice if you've made a mistake and want to start over.