Reviewed: May 22, 2012

I was troubled by the liquidity of this dough, but chose to wait it out and see. It tastes good, but it's not pretty and didn't rise nearly as much as it should have, in my opinion. It's edible and usable for the sandwiches, but I'll keep looking for a better one.

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Rozanne

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewed: May 15, 2012

I combined the sugar, yeast, and warm water and let is sit for about 10 minutes (until it got nice and cloudy) before adding it to the other ingredients. I don't have a bread machine so I used my electric mixer. It took about 15 minutes on speed 6 for the dough to pass the window pane test. My only change to the ingredients was adding a few pinches of rosemary as per another reviewer to give it a bit more flavour. Next time I think I'll add thyme or good italian seasoning mix instead. I made one loaf and half a dozen buns from 1 batch of this. The buns are amazing with the grilled portobello mushrooms from this site!

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BRTW

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: May 4, 2012

Not sure what might have been wrong, with recipe amounts measure precisely the dough was not dough, but literally the consistency of cake batter. I had to add an extra cup of flour at least. Even after the extra flour was still very runny/sticky and difficult to deal with, but it turned out great with rave reviews from all 14 dinner guests.

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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2012

Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! It turned out perfect :) I made it exactly as the recipe states and my family loved it. Will definately make it again soon.

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mhalbert5

Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2012

A very easy and good Italian bread.

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Marcia

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Rochester, New York, USA

Living In: Manalapan, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2012

Great recipe. This leaves store bought ciabatta in the dust!! I made buns and they turned out great, I only baked them for 15 minutes.

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Kirkielass

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2012

Wonderful Recipe!! I used the dough hooks with my hand beater for 4 minutes.

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Patti

Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2012

Very Good. I made them into rolls and baked them for 10 minutes.

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Kristie

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Lancaster, New York, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2012

This bread turned out wonderfully. We love it. The dough was sticky and all I could do was laugh when I was working with it! But I was able to form it into 6 mini loaves to use for sandwiches, and I'm happy with the outcome. Thank you Mother Ann for suggesting this recipe.

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Loves2Cook

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Living In: Strongsville, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 6, 2012

I followed the recipe exactly and used bread flour. I also added 2 TBS of rosemary which added a nice flavor. I can't believe my finicky teen loved it! Will make again. Thanks!

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