I copied a quick (very old and very lame) video demonstration below. They usually make a single, 2lb loaf. Basic ingredients for plain white bread are flour, sugar, yeast, water, oil and salt. There are tons of recipe books and websites available that specifically deal with bread machines, but each bread maker also comes with a handful of recipes. And you can get as fancy as you like: parmesan and cracked black pepper, pesto, garlic/onion, cinnamon raisin, etc. My sister uses it for pizza dough because the kneading and rising is automated. My brother makes a killer sage and sausage bread. Aside from my microwave, it’s probably my next most useful “maker”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNVg_I0IlPw
Good quality bread like sourdough does not need oil
French baguette:
Water
Salt
(Fresh) Yeast
Wheat
That’s it. No oil. No sugar…