I baked this bread today and using some of the additions and advice in other reviews like to add allspice and cloves and it was scrumptious. I didnt find it dry or hard to manage. I did use macintosh apples which I had squirted with juice of one lemon and divided the sugar in thirds using white light brown and brow sugar, I will be making a batch of breads tommorrow for friends.

Reviewed On: Jan. 2, 2008