I've made a couple of breads this year, and this may have been the first time I ever used yeast and did the rise/punch/rise steps. I've actually made this bread four times now, I think - not because I love it, but because I now have the recipe on hand. It's an okay bread, but maybe I'm not a good judge of honey wheat breads. I live at about 6200 feet, and used all the flour, but I could probably have used even more - the dough wound up a bit sticky while kneading it. It took almost twice as long to rise, too. The 35-minute time was maybe a minute or two too short for me - the loaf was a teensy bit moist in the center. The results were a bit dense, and crumbled a little when slicing (as another reviewer mentioned), and I couldn't really detect the honey flavor. However, I should say that I made a loaf for The Woman I Love, and she loved it (5 stars, I think).

I've never baked bread before and this was a great recipe--really simple and not very time-consuming. And the bread is tasty! (Plus it got a seal of approval from the roommates!) I'll use this again for sure.

Rises nicely. Excellent texture. Best wheat bread recipe I've tried

this bread rose incredibly high. i doubled the recipe and got two fat loaves. i added about 1/4 cup each of ground flax and wheat germ and it turned out great. i also made it in my kitchenaid mixer with the dough hook. it didn't need hand kneading with this method

Way too dense. Barely rose at all. I think there was way too much flour.

This bread is delicious. I found the recipe about 6 months ago and have made at least 4 loaves every month since then. I always double the recipe. The texture is light as is, but I've also tried adding a 1/2 cup oats and decreasing the white flour to make a heartier bread. This recipe is a keeper.

great bread

bread is dense, to be expected with whole wheat flour, but its too crumbly to slice nice at all. Did not need all the white flour Flavor OK not spectacular.

This bread is just ok definitely not the best bread I have ever made. It was all eaten but I will stick to my other recipe.

I thought the bread tasted really floury? Does that make sense?

fabulous! probably the best bread I've ever made

You may want to add the honey to the yeast & hot water to help activate the yeast.

I liked this bread, but not as much as I liked Whole Wheat III. This bread is a bit less dense than that one, but not much. I just didn't like the flavor as much I guess. I think it wasn't sweet enough for my taste.

Great bread! The best loaf I ever made. I did add 1 Tablespoon of gluten which gave it a wonderful rise. The texture is light and wonderful. My rising times were less, but that's probably because of the gluten. Also the recipe for only 1 loaf makes it a good recipe to make in the electric mixer with a dough hook.

This was pretty good, and fairly easy. It rose well, and it tasted pretty good.

Delicious, with just the right consistency.

My dough was very hard and I could not add all the flour called for by the recipe. The dough however rose well and the flavor of the finished product was wonderful. Will make again!

Soooo delicious! I've had trouble in the past making bread but this one is a keeper. I added sesame seeds and it turned out fantastic.

I was very dissapointed with this bread. I kept it in the oven more than it was supposed to be in there (1 hour and 30 min) and it was still soggy inside. Would not make it again.