I've been using the artisan in 5 method. I currently have a whole wheat bread rising ready to bake. I'm new at it & I think I did something wrong with this batch but when I made the white loaf it was awesome! You can make it either in 1 or 2 pound loaves, the later usually baked in a bread pan for sandwiches. If you do that, you make your dough once every two weeks & get about 4 lbs of bread out of it...or two sandwich loaves. You could make more if you wanted to or make it more frequently. There is a book but I've only used the free recipes online:
White whole wheat &
making loaves