GREAT bread. I'm giving 4 stars because I used the suggestions from others on the site, but with the changes it was definately 5 stars. Awesome.

This is a very nice loaf. The only change I make is to use melted butter (not margerine) in place of the oil. I use my bread machine set on basic/medium, and it comes out with a nice crust. For those who mentioned it as more batter like or too soft a dough, this is common in all bread making. Depending on the temperature, moisture in the air and moisture content of your flour, the dough will have a slightly different consistency each time you make it. For this reason, always check your dough after a couple of minutes of kneading in the bread machine, adding more flour if needed until the dough is soft but not too sticky and pulls away from the sides of the pan. Add just a small amount of flour at a time as this bread does well with a soft dough and too much flour will make it heavy.

This is a delicious bread. I never use a bread machine, just my two hands and my kitchenaid mixer, and this recipe was wonderful for both. Little sticky when you go to shape it, but don't be tempted to dry it out with too much flour...it cooks up nicely.

A good basic and moist wheat bread recipe. I followed another reviewer's directions and these are the changes I made: let the yeast mix in 1/2 cup water (105 degrees) with 1 tbs sugar, reduced the buttermilk to 1 cup, added 1 tbs gluten (since I had it and it seems to make my wheat breads taste a bit better) and let it rise in the oven with the oven light on. I kneaded it in my kitchen aid with the dough hook for around 4 minutes before it overheated and gave off some wierd smell. But that aside, it was kneaded enough and then I let it rise. It did rise slower then my other breads but it came out perfectly, dome shaped, and a nice brown crust. I did bake it for 20 minutes at 350 degrees instead of 25 minutes. It was very moist and tasty. Thanks to the OP.

Really good. I followed another reviewer's advice and proofed the yeast with a 1/2 cup of water and a little sugar. I then reduced the buttermilk by 1/2 cup. I did have to add a little bit more flour and it seemed really sticky but I let it rise, punched it down and baked it and it was great. A few friends stopped over and they thought it was great. I will definitely make this again. This recipe is great alone or I bet it could be a really great base recipe too. I bet you could add sunflower seeds, oatmeal, etc.

I don’t have a bread machine but made this recipe with the same ingredient amounts. I proofed 1 pkg of yeast with warmed-up the buttermilk, which I made using 1 Tbsp of vinegar and the rest fat-free milk for 10 minutes. Next, I add all the wet ingredients to the milk mixture. Then, I mixed the dry mixtures into my mixer and poured the milk mixture and mixed using the paddle attachment. Next, I used the hook attachment and ‘kneed’ for 4 minutes. Took out the dough and hand-kneed with a little flour and placed in an oiled bowl and let rise for 1 hour. Punch down and shaped into 12 balls. Placed the 12 pieces into a 13x9 glass pan and let rise for another hour. Baked at the recommended, 25 minutes at 350 degrees. This bread was moist and tender. It tasted great with or without butter. The left-over bread was stored in the refrigerator, wrapped in aluminum foil and then in plastic wrap. The next day, it was still moist and tender and I didn’t even have to toast or heat it. I will make again and again! DH couldn’t believe it was wheat bread!

WOW! This was absolutely delicious. I baked it right in my bread machine. Just make sure the crust setting is on light. My family ate the whole loaf and wanted more!

The first time I made this, it was good, but not anything special. The second time, I cooked it just until it was starting to brown, and THEN it was really really good--especially with honey butter. Also, I made this without a bread machine, and it's important to not too much flour in. The first time I kept on adding until it was kneadable, but the second time I just added enough to work with it, but it was still sticky, and kind of a pain to try and knead, but it sure turned out good.

This is my favorite bread recipe. I changed this to serve 18, I make two loaves and freeze one.I use three cups of wheat flour and 1&1/2 cups bread flour and 1 tblsp. of gluten. I use a panasonic bread machine, but bake in the oven. KY Big Blue Fan

This is an excellent light wheat bread, I did have to down size the recipe to fit my 1 lb loaf bread machine, but it worked well and the taste was excellent. My kids liked it and they usually only like white bread. Make sure you check the dough ball during kneading, I had to add about 1/3 of a cup extra of flour to get to correct texture. This will now be a Sunday regular menu items for our family.

This is excellent & easy to make. I use the most helpful tip (in reviews) to create & bake accordingly. The only thing I changed was I used 2 cups of bread flour and 1 cup of all purpose. I've also used both buttermilk and it's substitute (milk with apple cider vinegar added) and both have turned out delicious. Thank you!

I used my bread machine to make this bread overnight. Becaure of this I couldn't monitor the consistency of the dough. The loaf came out really high (overflowing the pan) and very light/airy. It does have a good flavor however so I am going to play around with it - less buttermilk maybe or more flour. The taste is good enough it's worth the experimenting. As written though I would only give it 2-3 stars.

I'm going to give this 4 stars even though my first attempt came out way too doughy. I did use lowfat plain Kefir in place of the buttermilk, but I don't think that's why it was so doughy. I used my bread machine to do the kneading and baked it in the oven. The flavor was fantastic. The next time I try this recipe (probably tomorrow becauase I HAVE to overcome failure) I will use less Kefir.

Great!

Easy and good.

I love this recipe. I put everything in the breadmaker, and it smells great when it's done. Good bread for toast in the mornings.