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renee12321

Home Town: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Living In: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 23, 2013

Delicious! And easy too. It takes a long time, but it's mostly just waiting-around time, so perfect for a Sunday around the house. I followed the recipe exactly and had no problems. The dough was sticky, but that seems like a common occurrence - I kept flowering the dough and the board while kneading until it was no longer sticky. Turned out perfectly.

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Yvonne W.

Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2013

This turned out amazing the first time although like many others, I had to increase the flour - by two cups. I doubled the yeast after reading the reviews. I also used half wheat and half bread flour. I substituted an egg wash for the topping. The honey measure was perfect, in the background, and not too sweet. This morning, I was wondering what sort of jam I should get to compliment this wonderful bread when toasted but I discovered, to my delight, that plain old butter was all I needed for a perfect light breakfast! Goodbye store bought bread!

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David G.

Reviewed: Mar. 16, 2013

I really wish I would have checked the other reviews before I made this bread and saved myself some time. I also wound up adding over 2 cups of extra flour to deal with the sticky dough. Once that problem was solved everything went as planned and I ended up with gorgeous and amazingly delicious bread. I will make this again and again and again!

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hollyberry

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2013

Awesome. Added 1/2 cup bran, used half atta, 2-1/2 tsp yeast. Bread was nice and light, delicious!

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Angela

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Kincardine, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2013

This bread is delicious! The 4 of us in our family ate 1/2 of the first loaf while it was still warm out of the oven. I needed to add about 2 extra cups of bread flour because the dough is sticky. I recommend using something other than warm honey to stick the post baking oats to the top of each loaf, though. The brushed-on warm honey will remain sticky and makes handling and storing the loaves difficult. I'll apply egg wash and oats just prior to baking next time.

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Kyra

Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2013

I just pulled the loaves out of the oven. they look great! In regards to the stickiness issue it wasn't an issue for me. You definitely need to soak the oats for the entire hour. Also if your having problems with it maybe you don't have the right oats, real rolled oats are a lot more absorbent than quick cooking or steel cut. I get mine from the health food store for about $2 a pound. I only used 1/4C of honey since I'm trying to get more of an all purpose bread and didn't want it too sweet. I also used wheat flour instead of bread flour, doubled the yeast (because of the change in flour density), and added two tbl. of golden flax seeds (whole) to the oats when steeping. They smell so good! I should have waited to write this until after dinner but I was too excited! UPDATE: Tastes as good as it smelled!

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Tillie

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2012

I made this for a pre-Christmas treat and my family loved it. It was so cake-like and delicate. Yum! (I didn't brush the top with honey after baking because I didn't want it to be sticky.)

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kaynef

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2012

This recipe is easy and good in taste. This is the first trial and I' m definitely will try again in the nearest future. I modified it with adding some almonds and dried grapes. Its much chewy.

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Sotanmimi

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2012

While this version is good, I'm partial to the version we've been making for years, which includes molasses, wheat germ, and a variety of seeds (e.g., sesame, poppy, flax, others).

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