Several years ago I began baking breads for my family. I started out with the typical bread machine, but discovered that the breads were often very dense, hard and not very good. Later, I discovered that you could used the bread machine to make the dough, then let the dough rise naturally in your baking pan and bake it in the oven. The results were a much better bread. I got rid of the bread machine years ago, but this is one of the breads that I made very often for my family, and still do. Bacon cheddar bread is a moist and flavorful bread, sure to please the carni-carbivores in your family.