The bread was NOTHING like I buy at my bakery. I know the recipe got raving 5 star reviews so my only assumption is that I did something wrong or my bread machine sucks. I followed the recipe and set my cycle to "sweet". The bread is edible but too dry and not sweet enough. The bread tasted as if there was too much yeast or the bread reacted to fast-much to the yeast. Perhaps I should have used anothe setting on my machine other then sweet (it seemed to allow to much time for the bread to rise). I will give the recipe another shot and do it by hand and bake it in a loaf pan. I used the panettone to make bread pudding. Mixed 2 cups milk, 2 eggs, 1tsp vanilla, 1/2 cup sugar onto panettone bread crumbs. Then sprinkled brown sugar and whipping cream (not whipped) on top, basked at 350 for 30 minutes. YUMMMY.

Reviewed On: Jun. 9, 2003

The cookie was good, not great. It could be how I altered the recipe, I halved the recipe, I used a 1.4 oz of white chocolate flavored sugar free pudding mix. Next time I would not use sugar free as the cookie was not as sweet as I would have liked. This cookie was slightly more cake-like then cookie. Also, I think I over cooked them by a minute or 2, watch the time! The cookies were good however, me and my husband had them finished in 2 days. It was even better the next day, they do last well.

Reviewed On: Jun. 9, 2003

OOOHHHH YUMMMY!!!!! I followed the recipe and changed the following : used 1/2 cup cocoa instead of 1/3, added 1/2 cup walnuts. I also skipped the frosting in an effort to cut back on the sugar. I added half cup of semi sweet chocolate to the mix. It was heavenly and totally satisfied my chocolate craving. Me and my husband had it polished off within 24 hours. Other variations? Add any of the following: 1/4 dried cherries, shot of raspberry flavoring, 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans or choc chips, 1/4 cranraisins, or 1/4 cup yogurt or white chocolate covered raisins.

Reviewed On: Jun. 4, 2003