Do I think that bread machine mixes are useful? Yes, some of them are, but the snag with all bread machine mixes is that they limit your choice and do not encourage your creative talents. That may sound odd, but think about it for a minute. If you rely on bread machine mixes you can only make the bread for which you can buy a bread machine mix and you can only tip the bread machine mix into the bowl and switch the bread making machine on. You are not likely to alter the bread machine mix for fear that it won't work.