Reviewed: Jun. 13, 2005

Nice coarse whole wheat with a great flavor. What you think old fashoined wheat bread should taste like. Followed recipe exactly except substituted butter for margarine.

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ANDREASKYE

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Mineral Wells, Texas, USA

Living In: Rhome, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2005

Mmm....wonderful! I like to play around with the ingredients a bit. Sometimes I add more cornmeal, throw in a quarter cup of oats, add a few tablespoons of wheat germ, or substitute the honey with molasses. This recipe is flavorful, versatile, and beautiful!

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ladyheather06

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Arlington, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2005

It does have a dark crust but it just shows you are eating well! I really liked the crunch from the corn meal however it dries out pretty fast.

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Lisa

Living In: Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2004

Very good! Very good flavor & texture.

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TERESSA3

Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2004

Bread was low rising, which I expected, it lacked flavor and had a crumbly texture. The recipe would probably work better with 1 1/4 tsp of salt, this will yield a slightly higher rise in the loaf (if you use the original recipe) as too much salt will kill the yeast. Adding 2 C. Whole Wheat flour and 1 cup white bread instead of the 3 Cups Whole Wheat flour will definately yeild a better loaf with less crumbling. 4 Tb of cornmeal was plenty for me. Adding the ingredients from the bottom of the recipe to top will also help keep the salt from direct contact with the yeast.

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MARIAN THOMPSON

Cooking Level: Professional

Reviewed: Jul. 30, 2004

By the time I finally got to bake the loaf of bread, it no longer even remotely resembled the recipe. I had to add gluten to it...1 tbsp. I also had to add more flour. It may have been due to the humid weather we have been experiencing. Without "real" directions, I had to make educated guesses and a lot of help came from all the other reviews. I did not use a bread machine. I never had any luck with these. I just used my Kitchen Aid and oven. The recipe had a lot of potential. It was indeed a very dense bread even with the gluten added. Also, it called for too much honey. I left the sugar out and it still was VERY sweet. I know you need some kind of sugar for the yeast but I think I could have gotten by with even less of the honey. The website needs to distinguish breads as either bread machine or oven baking. I am going to try this again when our hot/humid summer is gone. I have hopes for this recipe as I would very much like to steer away from the use of any white flour.

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TURTLNSITE

Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2004

Really heavy and didn't rise well. I wasn't very happy with the flavor either.

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Miss Molly

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2004

This tastes good, and that counts for a lot. You can really taste the honey. However, at least in my bread machine (with fresh yeast), the loaf came out small, dense and underbaked. Make sure to put your machine on the darkest crust setting. I really enjoyed it but it looked like a bump on a log!

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alarose

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2004

My husband is the bread-addict, so I let him rate this one. I prefer quick breads, but this was a good and easy wheat option. (I calculated 35 WW pts per loaf)

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ErininNC

Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2004

After a dismal failure at a whole grain recipe, I came searching and found this one. It turned out great! My only modifications were to decrease the cornmeal to 1/8 c and add 1/8 c oat bran. Also, I added 1 TBS gluten flour for each cup of wheat flour. This I could probably decrease next time. But! A really yummy, easy recipe! Thank you!

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