"I have a Cuisinart Convection bread maker & have tried quite a few rye bread recipes. This is the best recipe Ive found, it's just excellent. It makes a crusty, moist flavorful loaf of rye bread, dark & rich. Good used in a sandwich, as toast or just plain nibbling! The recipe doesn't indicate a loaf size; but from the amount of flour required,"

"I was dying for broccoli/cheddar soup, so made this, substituting whole milk for the 1/2 1/2 to reduce the fat. Otherwise, followed recipe exactly. I'm a very experienced cook & this recipe was just awful! Texture very gritty, even tho I blended the contents thoroughy. Flavor was sub bland, not much taste at all cept 4 the sweet potato undertone,""

"Nicely flavored recipe, I made 2batches of marinade, as I wanted 2double the recipe & have some extra chic pieces 4 the accompanying sandwich & chic salad recipe. We like garlic, so I added 1-2 extra smallish gloves. Lined my baking sheets w/lots of foil. 375 degrees for the specified roasting time did not work for me (my oven is properly calibra""

"I made this last year (2010) for St. Pat's. This is a fantastic recipe, a cross between a cake & a bread, (I believe the addition of the raisins will label this technically in the UK as a "spotted dog" vs a pure Irish soda bread. Fantastic lovely texture, not dry, unbelievable taste, absolutely the best Irish Soda bread I've ever eaten. (I skipped the caraway.)

It makes two hugh loaves, one of which I shared w/neighbors, who devoured it in one sitting. I lost this recipe & have spent 20 min. this AM doing a search to find it again for this year. Yum!!!!

Wrap extra (if any left!!) in plastic wrap,then a zip top bag. Freezes well, wrap in plastic wrap, then plastic bag. Sooo glad I found this recipe again."

"I made this last year (2010)for St. Pat's. This is a fantastic recipe, a cross between a cake & a bread, (I believe the addition of the raisins will label this technically in the UK as a "spotted dog or dick" vs a pure Irish soda bread.) Fantastic lovely texture, unbelievable taste, absolutely the best Irish Soda bread I've ever eaten.
Well worth the little extra effort. It makes two hugh loaves, one of which I shared w/neighbors, who devored it in one sitting. I lost this recipe & have spent 20 min. this AM doing a search to find it again for this year. Yum!!!!

Wrap extra (if any left!!) in plastic wrap,then a zip top bag. Freezes well, wrap in plastic wrap, then plastic bag. Sooo glad I found this recipe again."