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 Well I finally got brave, this my first time ever baking bread. I tried last week, but I am not gonig to tell you what it looked like. This is my second try, I am pleased, hubby and I have already tested it, yum. When you have never tried you don't quite know what to look for, so I think number three will much easier.

Wonderful! I will make this bread receipt in my "new" hand crank dough maker!

blessings,

CarylAnne

This bread is excellent if you make it correctly! However, the last time I must have made the water a bit too warm as the bread didn't rise like it should have (the yeast was good) and the loaf turned out small and very dense. I was disappointed, but I will make it again sometime, as that is the first time I ever goofed this one up! Got to remember NOT to kill the yeast, LOL 

I made this bread today and it came out wonderful! I followed the suggestions checked the bread after 25 min. The loaf was nicely browned and sounded hollow when thumped. The 25 min baking time does seem to be an accurate time for this recipe. I will definitely make this bread again. It's a nice quick and easy bread recipe!

Pam

I  made this bread today. It will definitely be made again at my house . Yummy!!!!!! I followed the suggestions by others on this site.I  only baked it 25 minutes and it  had a  nice golden color and was done.  linda

Ok.  First rise took an hour instead of the 30 the recipe said.  The 40 minute second rise was right on.  Bake time came out to 25 minutes for me as well.  I cannot imagine just how burnt the bread would have been had it been in there for 45 minutes.

By the way it was FANTASTIC!!  All of us enjoyed it and the loaf is almost completely gone.

I am making this bread right now.  I agree that it's more of a wet dough than a batter.  I will also be following the suggestion about baking it for 25 minutes.  I'll check on it then and decide whether it needs to come out or not.

I'm not done with it yet so I'll have to report back later.

I'm going to bake this bread also.  First I'll go to Costco the yeast.  Thanks for mentioning that the Red Star yeast can be purchased there for only $4.00!

Awesome, yummy bread! The loaf came out just as we were setting the table for dinner and was sent straight to the table for testing!

Only a couple of comments on the recipe... First, what I got was more a normal bread dough, not the "batter" I was expecting. Can't see that I did anything wrong or left out any of the wet stuff...I even used honey rather than the brown sugar. LOL I ended up having to give it a bit of kneading after the first rise, rather than the "stir down" the recipe calls for. Second, the bake time says 45 minutes, but mine was done after about 25 - definitely wouldn't let it go past 30 minutes at 375.

The result though, as I said, was a terrific crusty-on-the-outside-melt-in-your-mouth-soft-on-the-inside bread! I'll definitely make it again.

Rebecca

I've GOT to try this!! Sounds yummy!

I use Red Star too, I can buy a bigger bag at Costco for about $4; otherwise homemade bread would not be affordable. 

"To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed."  Titus 2:5

You know I'll be trying this one today. 

Rebecca