Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2011

I gave this 3 stars because my loaf was beautiful and the bread consistancy was perfect for slicing. I made it as written however, I put my machine on dough and shaped in a loaf pan let it rise 45 min and cooked in a 350 degree oven between 25 and 30 minutes. I will definately make again taking the advice of other reviewers and add more honey, salt, butter and divide the flours differently as the taste was lacking in flavor.

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acooper415

Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2011

I followed the recipe along with a few of the suggestions and the bread did not turn out well at all. The loaf was very small and the taste was sort of bland.

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123

Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2011

Did not raise well enough. Maybe I need to test my yeast. Very dense and moist. Nice crust. A little salty (will cut back on salt next time when using salted butter.)Will try this again.

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Grandy's kitchen

Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2011

The middle of my bread fell in. Despite that the flavor and the texture of the bread was good. I used 1tbsp of blackstrap molasses in place of one of the tbsp of honey. I also increased salt to 1 tsp.

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tantuc

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Laguna Hills, California, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2011

The bread had a light texture just like my hb likes it. The four stars is because it doesn't taste that wheaty, which is what I like. Next time, I may try putting the dough into two bread pans and baking them in the oven, as my bread machine loaf came out really tall -- not a fault of the recipe.

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elball

Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2011

As written, it is pretty decent other than the salt ratio was off so I used a tsp. This bread as written wasn't my favorite. The second time I made it though it came out outstanding. We like a sweeter wheat so I used about 1/4 of a cup of honey, I also used more wheat flour like the other reviewers- 2 cups wheat, 1 cup bread flour and still 1tsp of salt. It was loved by my family and is always requested. I love this recipe was easy to customize. I would rate a 4.5 because of the lack of salt, it really does add to the final loaf and it could mess a newbie bread cook up. But other than that fabulous! Thanks for sharing.

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danni

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2011

Could I make this without a bread machine?

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terribonin

Reviewed: Aug. 21, 2011

This is my bread staple. I do add more honey as per other comments. Great bread toasted. I always get comments from my co-workers about how good it smells while toasting.

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doxndlvr

Reviewed: Aug. 9, 2011

I've made this bread many, many times. I follow the other reviewers suggestions and use 1 cup white bread four and 2 cups whole wheat flour. I also increase the salt to 3/4 tsp. and use 1/2 canola oil and 1/2 olive oil. This bread is wonderful! Try it, you won't be sorry.

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