I love my breadmaker. It's a Morphy Richards, but it's about five years old now, so I'm sure there are more advanced models around these days. It's not my first breadmaker, I burnt the others out with years of overuse, so you'll understand I'm a devotee. :clapping:
Just a thought, but to persuade your mum to give the breadmaker a whirl by, say, Boxing Day, you might like to give her some bread flour, yeast, dried milk, and a few other bits so she can dive in and make a loaf straight away?
The extras don't have to be expensive, but can turn ordinary bread into something they charge a fortune for in the deli - things like dried herbs, dried onions, walnuts, tomato paste ... you know the sort of thing.