This was great! I added 2 teaspoons sugar, 1 tablespoon hot pepper relish, 1 tablespoon sweet pepper relish and 1/2 cup mexican cheese blend. Cooked for 35 minutes and took it out to put 1/2 cup more mexican cheese blend on top and then sprinkled a generous amount of French's Fried Onions on top for the last ten minutes. WOW! Everyone wanted the recipe. This is great because you can add just about anything you like to it and it still turns out perfect. :)

Reviewed On: Dec. 1, 2009

Great recipe to build on. I added one Granny Smith apple to onion and garlic to brown in pan and also about a TB of brown sugar and some caraway seed. I omitted the butter and just used a bit of bacon fat for saute. YUM

Reviewed On: Aug. 7, 2009

I am a first time bread maker. I made two large loaves instead of the three smaller ones. I followed the recipe but did do what one other person did and replace one of the 1/3 Cup honey with molasses and put in about 1/3 cup ground flaxseed. I used the 5 cups of bread flour and all in all, probably added about 3 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour. My loaves are beautiful looking but the bread seems dense to me. When you are kneading the bread, which I did by hand, (I have no machine) it pulled away from the board and did not stick to it and when I divided the dough after the first rise it was very "elastic-ie." I had to twist the two pieces apart to make into loaves. Maybe the bread isn't too dense - I have never made bread before so I am not sure. The taste is wonderful, however, my main concern is the density/texture. OK tried this again and this time loaves came out like bricks. Followed exact recipe. To me, this is NOT a fool proof recipe and I am moving on to another.

Reviewed On: Jul. 28, 2009