Made this bread and it took forever to rise, finally had to add more yeast, also the bread is a little darker than the picture. It is nice and soft but I can make a better tasting bread.

I love this bread! I just printed the recipe and and made it today and I couldn't be more pleased. It's light, fluffly and tastes as yummy as it smells while it's baking. I had been making a recipe that turned out heavy, cakey and didn't taste anywhere near this good. This is my new everyday bread recipe!! Thank you!

Delicious. I made this completely with whole wheat flour and didn't add any of the extras recommended because I didn't have them handy. It came out perfect and can't stop eating it. Great warm with butter, can't wait til morning, toasted with my coffee!

I had to let mine rise longer because it was cool today, but, turned out to be the most delicious bread I have ever made. Not too dense like most recipes with whole wheat in the ingredients. I may try the gluten flour next time to help it rise quicker. Thank you for such a great recipe. Oh, I did mix mine by hand, maybe that's why it turned out so well, didn't think about that. But just lovely. Thanks Jessica

I've been trying to make really good whole wheat bread for years and I've used many different recipes and consulted lots of people. I've even been using lecithin and wheat gluten, too. I guess the ascorbic acid was the trick. Finally, ww bread that turned out exactly how I wanted it to. When I made the dough in my Kitchenaid, it was really dense and I wasn't so sure that it would turn out. I put it in a warm oven to rise, but it wasn't really rising after 45 minutes, so I pulled it out to rise on the counter; which it did just fine. Very soft texture, not dense at all. Great for making sandwiches. I no longer have to buy bread, yeah!

I have made this recipe for our family for the past 6 months (we make all our own bread) and it is by far our favorite. We double the recipe and make it in the kitchenaid and it turns out fabulous every time. I call it the error proof bread, we make a double batch several times a week! I allow the dough to rise in a warm oven in the kitchenaid bowl before transfering it to loaf pans, just as simple as the bread machine, just use your kneading hook and tastes fabulous!

Success
I tried this recipe two days ago. (thanks to Joshua I got all the enhancers he suggested - who would have thought that one can bake bread better than store bought) My first attempt was a delicious (but very dense loaf). I realized after wards that I didn't let the dough rise for long enough and that is why the results were a bit on the (brick) side. The kids loved it though and we finished the loaf last night. The kids (age 3 and 6)called it muffins (bless their souls). Today I tried again (with hubby's help). We put the dough under the electric blanket (in my bed of all places) and the results were fantastic. We polished all but two slices of the loaf for dinner. The kids have already ordered the next loaf for tomorrow. Hubby is looking forward to helping again. I've tried for 11 years to get him interested in my baking & cooking and this is the first time EVER he is taking an interest. Hubby asked me to check if there is a recipe for a loaf that will last longer ;) Thank you so much and keep up the good work.
edit - since the last post I made this recipe again (well I tripled up on all the ingredients to make 3 loaves) Big surprise - there goes my diet - three loaves only lasted 2 days.

We absolutely loved this bread. Recipe was incredibly easy to follow and the bread turned out perfectly. I'll make this again and again.

It's rare my baking comes out just like the picture--but it did with this. I ended up going back and making a quadruple batch and giving some to the neighbors. It was quite yummy!

I haven't had a slice yet, but I've sure picked at the dough (yummy), and the loft is so beautiful after a second rising in the bread pan. I don't see how this could be a bad loaf of bread! And it smells heavenly. I've been looking for a recipe that used whole wheat that couldn't be used as a doorstop later, and I think I just found the perfect bread recipe. I've seen suggestions to use molasses, which adds a nice dose of potassium and iron to the recipe.

This bread was very moist and tasty. I decided to bake it in my bread machine and it turned out great. Not dense at all.
Thanks Tammy for another great, tried and true recipe!

I've been making your recipe for wheat bread for about 6 months or so. We all love it!
I posted about it on my blog today, & linked back to you.
Thanks for another great recipe Tammy!

Last night I was gone for dinner, so I left instructions with DH to take the bread out when it was done from the breadmaker. I was a bit nervous, having never tried this recipe AND the fact that I was using the bread machine. But it turned out wonderfully! DH said, "That bread machine is cool!" lol. I just dumped it all in according to the order it was written, and put it on "normal/specialty" cycle (didn't choose wheat), 1 1/2 loaf, and medium crust. Wah-lah, 3 1/2 hours later it was a beautiful yummy loaf!

This is a fast and simple bread recipe. I am usually great at goofing up bread, but this recipe is really easy to follow. I also like that it rises quickly, so you can have fresh homemade bread in your hand in less than 2.5 hours. I am usually great at ruining bread, but this recipe turned out really lovely. It is a little more on the sweet side, and would be great as a dinner roll. The texture and sweetness reminded me of the bread that they serve at Outback Steakhouse.

In the past 24hrs I have used this recipe 3x's! I made it with the molasses instead of honey & when halvies with the flours...just fabulous! Even my 7yr old ate the crust! A selling point on it's own! I sent a loaf to my husband's office & received RAVE reviews from his employees...also passed along the website, so you will new additions to your member list soon. JUST THE BEST!

I love this bread. I add 4 tsp of vital wheat gluten, let my bread machine knead it. It's very easy this way, and this bread is even better than Sara Lee, with all its HFCS and chemicals added to make it soft and sweet.

I have tried many homemade bread recipes (too many to count) trying to find the PERFECT one. While many of them were very good, there was always something that just wasn't exactly what I was looking for.

I have finally found the PERFECT homemade bread with this recipe. It was easy to make (used my bread machine for the dough cycle) and was absolutely delicious. The texture was amazing - firm, yet soft and not crumbly at all! I am in awe and so thankful, Tammy.

Also, just a little sidenote. My husband is a hard one to impress. After he took the first bite of bread, his exact words were, "Wow that is some awesome bread, dear!". : )

I have finally found the perfect bread - my search is over. Thank you! PS - Forgot to add that I made 2 loaves: one exactly as recipe stated and one in which I substituted molasses for honey. The molasses was the favorite of the adults and the honey was the favorite of the kids. :) I'll be making both regularly. **Update: I made 3 more loaves of this over the weekend. Came out perfect and consistent every single time. Thanks again for this recipe. It is the new everyday bread for our family!

This bread is super easy to make and comes out consistantly good. We no longer buy bread at the store because it's so much tastier when I make this one! It's really easy to modify the recipe and still get a great loaf, too!

I'm a lazy measure-er, so I use 2 cups whole-wheat and 1 cup white flour. Turns out great. My whole family loves it! Someday I'll get brave and try making it with all whole-wheat, but I'm afraid it wouldn't rise as well.

I quadrupled the recipe and I plan to bake it bimonthly! It turned out great, but I think by quadrupling it- it may have made a dough too heavy for my Kitchenaid to knead ( it made a sad noise.)
Also found bulk yeast at a grocery store $3.50 for 2lbs!

I have been looking for a bread recipe that is good enough to make everyday instead of buying bread from the store. And I found it!! This bread is so yummy and my entire family loves it too!!! It has just the right amount of sweetness and I know what is in it which makes me feel even better! Thanks Tammy!!

Thank you for this wonderful recipe. I have tried several wheat bread recipes before and none were so yummy! Others were too gritty or sandy which my interpretation of normal wheat bread ;)

But this wheat bread is so sweet and smooth and yummy! My kids and husband ate almost the whole loaf with lunch. I too will stop buying bread unless I'm in a pinch and just make this recipe. It was also so easy to cut and didn't flake apart.

After making this, I may never buy bread from the grocery store again! I added a little bit of millet (about 2 1/2 T) to mine for some extra crunch. My husband is picky about bread, and he's been toasting this bread for breakfast ever since I made it!

I will be making this bread again! I let it knead and rise once in my bread machine. The first one I forgot and let it raise twice, so it rose three times all together and it was the best, actually! Honey is out of my budget right now, so I used molasses instead, but it was great! I mght have smaller loaf pans as each recipe made 1 large loaf and one small loaf. We ate the small one for dinner and the rest for later! It was so easy, I think I can make this everyday!

I made the recipe in my bread machine book but it wasn't what we liked so I was glad to see your recipe and give it a try. I really wanted to just knead it in my bread machine and then bake it in the oven - smells better and I like the long 'normal' loaf and my machine just does a tall loaf with a 'mushroom' top.
This was great! I made it as per your recipe first but found it a bit sweeter than we like it, so I left out the honey and it's just great. It tastes so much better than store bought bread that we aren't planning to buy bread any more. This recipe is so easy it's not I don't mind taking a few minutes to make it myself! Thanks again!

My family loves this bread, and I love that it's so easy to make. It made a beautiful loaf and is good as leftovers (especially warmed) as well. Oh, mine was done in 25 minutes. Thanks, Tammy!

I made the original first and was fast, easy and very tasty. I then made another and added 1/2 cup or so of Quick Oats and 1/4 cup of sunflower seeds. Making another loaf like that as I write this. Thanks Tammy for a great wheat bread recipe. My next attempt is adding apricots, raisens and some spices.

This Bread....
Is delicious!!! Very soft and tender, not wheaty tasting at all. I
used EVOL and all whole wheat flour. It turned out great. I have pics
on my blog if anyone wants to see how mine turned out. My family of 7
devoured two whole loaves at dinner time! I will use this recipe again
and again! Thanx so much!!

I just made this and already have eaten three pieces! The only change I made was to omit the milk (I was out) and increased the oil to 3T. I made the dough in my bread machine but baked it in the oven. Delicous!

I didn't grow up baking bread, so I always expected it to be too much work, but a couple weeks ago, I started baking bread for the first time using your recipes. First I tried the bagels and then this one - they both turned out great. Thanks so much!

Please see the recipe above for my complete review! Thanks! ~Tammy

Tammy, you have the most consistent recipes that seem to hit our family's palate. This one is another hit. My girls loved helping me knead the dough and then having a sample when it was done. This bread slices beautifully. It has a slight sweet flavor, but that did not stop us from sampling it with honey butter. I am looking forward to trying it toasted in the morning with peanut butter.