Excellent bread. All of our parents are here and they all love it. I halved the recipe and had to add in another cup of flour, but that may be bc I halved it and bc of the humidity around here. Turned out very soft and crumbly. And it's almost already gone . . . thanks!

I must say this bread is totally wonderful. I did switch some things up a bit after reading some of the reviews. I used extra virgin olive oil instead of shortening and I used Honey instead of the white sugar. I also decreased my liquid by 4TBSP. Another thing is I used 3C all purpose flour and 11C whole wheat flour. I Also used 4TBSP of the vital gluten. I lost what I thought was my favorite bread recipe and I am so happy to have found this one. Thank you very much for posting it.

This is a pretty good recipe. I just had one improvement-- I added 4 tablespoons vital wheat gluten (purchased at a food co-op). This made the bread a lot less crumbly. Also, if you let the bread rise longer, it will be lighter and fluffier.

Very nice flavor and texture. I made a half batch (2 loaves) in my Kitchenaid mixer. I used 2 packages of yeast and added 2 Table. vital wheat gluten since I was using all purpose flour instead of bread flour. This one is a keeper.

This is the best bread recipe I have ever used. I love that it make 4 loaves. My family loves when I make bread, so it is nice to have a enough to last awhile before I have to make more. I can't wait to make more.

My 4 year Old & 18 Month old love this bread. I changed it up a tad and make it in my bread machine, and only make 1 loaf. Here is my Bread machine version of it YUMMY!! 1.25 C Warm Water, 1 tsp salt, 2 Tblsp melted butter, 1/4 C Brown Sugar, 1 Tblsp white sugar, 1.5 C Bread Flour, 1.5 C Wheat Flour, 1.5 t yeast.

This is definitely 5 stars x 2! Easy to follow directions and not too time consuming either, especially considering that you get 4 big, beautiful loaves of bread. I've been trying all winter to bake a nice, whole wheat bread but haven't had any luck until now. This recipe is the bomb! I followed it exactly, making no changes. I did not need all 6 cups of whole wheat flour - which has to do with the moisture content of my flour and not the recipe. I docked three of the four loaves with nice slashes to allow for the extra rising in the oven and the fourth loaf I dusted with WW flour and then sprinkled on some bran. They look like something straight from an artisan bakery (can you tell I'm proud?). Oh, and the taste is divine - with molasses, toasted as a sandwich (yummy BLT for lunch for me!), or just plain. It has a lovely crumb - not dense, just a light, fluffy slice of heaven. Next time I make this I will gradually decrease the bread flour and increase the ww flour. I'll keep you posted. Thanks so much for the most amazingly, delicious, easy bread ever!

everybody loved it. Good stuff. I made 3 loaves and about a dozen dinner rolls with the left over dough. The dinner rolls were so cute! I cut a strip of dough, streached it and tied it in a knot, brushed with egg whites and baked. So pretty.

This is the first Wheat Bread I've tried outside the bread machine. I did have to add about 2 additional cups of flour to get the right consistency, but that was the only adjustment I made. We pulled it out of the over and tried it immediately and the kids and I all thought it needed a little something, but with the honey butter on top, we inhaled it! It's very filling, but not too heavy, and I like the texture the home ground wheat flour gave to it. I'll be making this frequently!

This recipe is awesome! I've made three batches in the past 24 hours and they've all turned out! I tweaked it by adding canola oil instead of crisco and my last batch I used honey instead of brown sugar and water. I've also been increasing the amount of wheat flour and decreasing the white flour just for the flavor. It hasn't affected the proofing and size of loaf. Not the "hard as a brick" wheat bread I'm used to making.

I used just regular whole wheat and unbleached flour and it turned out great. Lots of delicious bread and it was fairly easy to do. I will make it again soon.

Very good recipe. I prefer 100% whole wheat bread so I used all wheat flour and it came out great! I was a little unsure about the amount of sugar it called for but it wasn't too sweet at all, it is a new favorite! I made it in my Kitchen aide and everything worked great, the recipe wasn't too big.

This is good bread and it was easy to make. If you're having stickiness problems, just incorporate more white flour in, a little at a time, as you knead. That's what I did and it came out fine. The kids loved it.

This is by far the best sandwich bread I've ever made. The bread slices nice and thin with an electric knife. I had to add more flour than the recipe called for, but the finished bread texture was still great. I will definitely make this again.

Very good bread! We made 2 loaves. Its great bread to snack with, toast, sandwhich, its all around great!