Vince Gonzalez

The recipe was easy to use. I buy yeast in bulk so I looked up conversion tables from yeast packets to teaspoons. There were different opinions but the one I latched onto was 1 packet = 2¼ tsp. That seemed like a lot for the amount of flour so I reduced it to just 2 tsp yeast. Worked great!

I have made this bread countless number of times and it always turned us out very very well. I think if your dough is too watery you're not using the right amount of flour that it calls for. Comes up on eight cups of flour: four cups on the front half four cups or so on the back half leaves it just slightly sticky. That's a good thing because it helps keep your bread moist and not letting it get too dry or hard. If you over knead it as I use my KitchenAid, rather than a bread machine like most people, it can tend to get dense and heavy so once you've got a smooth slightly sticky elastic dough STOP. Don't over bake and the suggestion about putting aluminum foil over the top of your loaves in the oven for the last few minutes is a good idea I've done that consistently and it keeps the bread from over browning while allowing the bread to bake thoroughly. Cooking is one big experiment baking is meticulously following instructions for those who worked over time to come up with a recipe that really provides a good product and this recipe does!

The direction video showed honey or syrup being drizzled on the apples after baking but the recipe didn't include that step. I don't like honey unless it's an ingredient in a baked item like honey wheat bread so I sprinkled powdered (10x) sugar over the apples after baking and served them with vanilla ice cream. Vince Holland-Gonzalez

I just finished using this recipe to make peanut butter cookies and they turned out very well the only variation that I use instead of using regular all-purpose flour and having to worry about baking powder and baking soda and salt and all that kind of stuff I just use self-rising flour works just the same works very well saves a couple steps and it cost no different so if you're like me give it a try I'm always experimenting with different ideas.