Carrie

This is the first time using the dough cycle on my bread machine, and it came out perfect!! My 8 year old daughter even said the crust was delicious - now THAT’S saying something!The recipe was very easy to follow and baking it in the oven was so simple. Definitely a keeper!

Do not change anything with the recipe! We have made this recipe a few times now. This morning, I thought we would substitute real buttermilk for the soured milk and maybe add a teaspoon of vanilla. Don’t do it!! The pancakes still turned out good, maybe a 4 star recipe, but there must be something about the way the vinegar reacts with everything else that makes them so delicious when you follow the recipe exactly as written. I hate it when people leave negative reviews on recipes that they altered, but we have definitely made this the original way and much prefer that recipe. This is way better than any box mix or frozen pancakes you’ve had - just make them exactly as written!

OMG - this is like liquid lemon crack, it is so good. I’m not a huge fan of lemonade, but I have a 5 year old with high entrepreneurial hopes of a successful lemonade stand this summer, so we made a batch to test it out. This stuff is too good to sell. I’m keeping it for myself. She can sell some Countrytime or Crystal Light while I sit back and drink this liquid gold.

We just discovered that the oven in our new house came with a meat thermometer, so I was anxious to try it out. I went to the store this morning to buy a chicken before I actually looked up a recipe. This was, by far, the best rated recipe, but I didnt have any celery and I was ready to substitute and onion and/or carrots instead. I was also prepared to add a little garlic powder and paprika to the skin. After reading several of the reviews here about following the directions precisely, I bundled up my 3 year old and made a second trip to the store. Boy, was I glad I did! I followed everything precisely, and it turned out beautiful. I was worried about it being dry, since the directions don’t have you basting until after it’s finished in the oven. Don’t worry - it’s nowhere near dry. I will definitely be adding this to our menu, without changes or substitutions. Oh, and my new oven’s meat thermometer worked perfectly! I had a slightly over 4 pound chicken, and it helped me know I needed to cook a bit longer than the recipe called for. I think I had it in for another 30 minutes. Bottom line - watch the internal temp and don’t change the oven setting at all. Great recipe! Very juicy and delicious skin!

Very good! I used canned yams to save time, and it still turned out great. I will definitely make this again.

I'm not a fan of broccoli at all, but this was actually pretty good. My aunt makes a great broccoli casserole, and it's the only way I will ever eat broccoli. This isn't quite the same as hers (I'll have to get her recipe and post it here!), but it was pretty darn good! I did substitue cream of celery soup for the cream of mushroom soup, and used 1 celery stalk.