nice recipe. i used an acorn squash that i had cut in half and roasted with butter & brown sugar, a T on each half and 4 T maple syrup on each half. made 2 freeform loaves then egg washed and covered with poppy seeds instead. Thanks

Very tasty recipe! I did add 3 tbsp of gluten flour to add more to the rise and I also used pumpkin spice (roughly a few tsps) instead of caraway. I put all the ingredients in the bread maker which kept me from having to add any flour to the recipe. I basted with cinnamon honey maple butter before the final rise and baked at 400 like the recipe called for. It is delicious! My son especially likes it for his PB and J sandwiches and my husband says it really good for roast beef too.

I altered this recipe quite a bit, i didn't have caraway seeds so i went in a different direction by using 1/4t Cardamom, 1/4t Pumpkin pie spice, 1/2 C raisins, and sprinkled with turbinado sugar. I did follow the kneading/rising directions. My only complaint: It took 7 cups of flour to form a dough!!! I actually ran out of APflour after adding 4Cups, and used WWflour for the rest. Obviously when making bread, the flour is never EXACT, but this was WAY off. It was really delicious and customizable. I will definitely make it again, next time i'll use the dough hook on the kitchen aid because it was really sticky...and now i know to make sure i'm stocked up on flour!

This is a very hearty, dense, yummy bread. It may have been a bit too dense - next time I'll give it more rising time. A fabulous breakfast treat toasted and buttered or with cream cheese.

This was a dense bread with a lovely autumn color. I served it hot out of the oven with "Cinnamon Honey Butter" and my husband and kids gobbled it up. I used my KitchenAid mixer's dough hook and after 6-8 minutes found the dough to be quite sticky (and lost a good bit of the dough that would not come off my hands). I ended up adding perhaps 3/4 C more flour and 5 more minutes of kneading time to get a smooth, elastic dough. For those of you who rely on prep times, don't forget to add the rising time!