I also just bought an ACA bread machine, and at first the bread I made was thick and hard on the outside, and the flavor was off. Tried it several times, and now the bread made is sweet and savory, and also very fluffy, with ingredients I did not follow the instructions. 3/4 cup of water

, 1 tbsp of oil,

0.5 tsp of salt, 3-5 tbsp of sugar, 1 egg (leave a little bit of egg wash), 2.5 cups of bread flour (I used Kite brand), 1 tsp of yeast (Angie's brand of highly active sugar-resistant yeast to put on the flour).

Put in this order into the barrel, light burn color, low weight, sweet bread key, start on it, half an hour before the end of the brush egg wash with a little oil, 2 hours and 40 minutes to complete, I did not open the lid immediately, smothered for 5 minutes. Fluffy and delicious bread finished.

Note: The process of kneading can be observed, if it is not shaped, you can add a little bit of flour, to become a dough to do, kneading the surface with the hand tugged into the membrane, the surface if it is too soft to make the bread is like a big bun. I wish you success!