mixing is done and then you wouldn't have that big gaping hole. You could pull out the dough and just put it back in without the paddle.

I bake about half the time, in the machine and half in a pan in the oven. I have a really old original version with a nonstick coating and have never ever had a sticking problem The bread just pops out after I have let the pan cool out of the machine for about 10 minutes. Do you put butter or oil in the dough? That might help.

If you pull the dough out of the pan to remove the paddle, you could then do a little glaze of butter or oil inside the pan.

I think the only advantage to letting it all go on its own is that you don't have to think about it again until the dinger dings.