Yes, this bread is extremely sweet, but it does call for 2 1/2 cups of sugar, so it shouldn't be a huge surprise. What was a surprise to me was that the bread pans overflowed. When the recipe says 9x5 bread pans, apparently it REALLY means it. I have smaller bread pans, but I've never had a problem. Until now. Luckily, I keep my pizza stone in the oven for lack of any better storing place, so it overflowed onto the pizza stone and made a mini loaf. Kind of hilarious, actually. I didn't include the nuts, more so because I just didn't feel like chopping them, but I'm sure it would be good with them. I cut out the white sugar completely and it was plenty sweet. Thanks for the recipe.

This bread was way to sweet...

This was delicious!!! We left out the raisins and pecans, but it was still very sweet!!!

Excellent bread! It has great texture and moisture and just the right amount of sweetness balanced with whole wheat and nuts. It would probably also be good with the addition of spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg.