I make challah on fridays and i made this bread for family gatherings. both are very popular in my family. My 16 month old loved it all warm with jam on top! definately making again.

It took me a couple of tries to get the hang of this bread, but I can say that once I got it right, it has been just wonderful. I've made it three times now, a total of six loaves, and I recommend to anyone wanting to mess with the recommended portions of ingredients to try it as listed in the recipe. The first time I made it, I halved the honey and sugar because I was worried it would be too sweet. The dough didn't seem to rise as much as it should have, although it did rise, and made a decent loaf, although the texture was just a touch dense for my taste. Also I didn't wait long enough before cutting into the loaf and I ended up crushing the crumb a bit, contributing even more to the density in texture. I would wait at least 15 min out of the oven before cutting into your bread as that will preserve the crumb while the bread will still be nice and warm. It makes an outstanding toast! Even at a day old, though, it seemed a bit too soft for sandwich bread (my sandwiches just fell apart but were still delis), so toasting it might be the way to go for sandwiches. I am still experimenting with aging the bread a bit, but that is difficult when any batch of bread I made doesn't last more than 2 days around here.

Thank you for including HOW to "test for done"! I am new to bread making in I was a bit confounded by that statement on other recipes. Now I now :)

This is a nice, slightly sweet basic white bread recipe which is exactly what I was looking for. I did make a change using dry milk and water in place of the milk. I'm just not a huge fan of the heating/cooling thing with the milk and prefer to just get the water at the right temp from the get go. It's a laziness thing (or just efficiency) I'm sure. I did this in my KA mixer. Tossed in the water, yeast and a little of the sugar, let it foam (maybe 10 mins) and then added everything else except the final cup of flour. Put the dough hook on and let the KA do all the work. When it comes together, I add the final flour a little at a time until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. Once its good, I let it knead for me on speed 2 for about 7 minutes. Then you can pick up in about the middle of step 3 here.

This recipe made two of the most delicious loaves of bread I've ever had! I've been trying to perfect homemade bread for a very long time and this recipe was fast, easy and wonderful! My family and neighbors raved.

This bread is awesome! The first 2 times I made this bread the dough did not rise double when punched down. When I tired it again I mixed the dough up and kneaded it maybe a min or 2 divided it put it into the loaf pans and let it rise to double and baked it....turned out perfect! This one is a keeper.

I proofed the yeast in the bowl of my Kitchen Aid with the warm milk and sugar for ten minutes, then added the honey, the melted butter and the dry ingredients. I did use part whole wheat flour. I did need almost 1/4 of a cup more flour than the recipe called for to get it to form into a ball and jump on the hook. I kneaded the dough with the dough hook for five minutes. Once it was done kneading, I set it to rise in a covered, greased bowl on a warm heating pad until it doubled. I then used my 1/2 cup dry measuring cup to measure out balls, rolled them tight, and plopped them into 12 greased muffin tins. I let it sit on the warm heating pad covered with saran wrap for a half hour, then baked it at 400 degrees for 12 minutes. Out of the oven, I brushed each roll with vegetable oil to make a soft top. I got twelve GINORMOUS rolls out of this recipe (I made them bigger so that I would not have to use two muffin tins), instead of two loaves. This bread recipe is quite good. I was worried that the amount of yeast might not be enough but it rose perfectly and still made one of the biggest rolls I've ever seen. This bread IS a little on the sweet side, if you're looking for a more savory-yeasty roll, this may not be for you. My whole family loved it, it paired nicely with Potato Soup. I'll make this again.

Excellent bread. A bit of work kneading and worth it. Mine rose slowly (It's cod here today) but they filled out nicely just like his photo. This is a keeper!

Great bread for a baking beginner like me! I forgot the sugar, but with the honey it turned out to be plenty sweet. The only problems I had while making this bread were due to my own mess ups. A great bread recipe for those just starting out baking!

It is really good and it definitely disappears fast. So maybe I need a bigger mixer to do two batches..hahhahaha