Even my picky eater loves this bread, which I have been making at least weekly since I got my first bead machine a couple of months ago. I have been replacing 1/3 C of the bread flour with oat flour and 1 TB of the oats with flax meal and this variation has a nice look and texture and is really delicious.

Reviewed On: Aug. 31, 2008

This bread is delicious, my family - even my kids - just love this bread! I agree with the others who have recommended reducing the yeast to one packet or 2 tsp. I think I read the recipe wrong the first time and added less yeast than written and it came out fine; second and third time I read it correctly and had a huge rise then deep collapse, which resulted in tasty but very oddly shaped bread. I use fresh herbs out of my garden, chopped in the mini food processor. I usually do 1TB rosemary, 1TB thyme, 2 tsp oregano, 2 tsp basil. The choice of herbs can easily be changed to suit your meal, as long as the total amount of fresh herbs comes to 3TB+1tsp.

Reviewed On: Aug. 18, 2008