bread has always been the stapel of life. and i can see why when it is 100% wholesome grains and goodness. and i have to tell all reading, this bread, and the makers of this line of bread are the best. 90 years of bread making in my family. i got born in the age of electricity and bread machines. anything from hodgson mills is a winner. never had this barley bread before. . mentioned it to a friend and she said buy it. you will love it. , she was right. however as with the rest of this line they are generous with thier product and i find i have to add as much as 1/4 cup of water.(bread should be sticky after the first knead and second knead. so check it.) i also add 1 teaspoon of honey or sugar (yeast gobbles up sugar) to proff the yeast. i also add 1/8 teaspoon more bread machine yeast to it.  bake on 1.5 loaf. light crust. i have a west bend bread machine that i also bought at amazon.com. this bread is substantial. hearty. slighty dense not as dense are rye. nutty and you can see the barley in the mix and when toasted this ia a graet crunchy chewy taste addition to morning coffee with nuttella or raspberry jam. i mashed a banana and put it on one half of toasted barley bread and nutella on the other half cut it in half and put it in seperate pags and it made for a great meal on the go as i traveld to va a 6 hours drive away. and the bread still stayed crunchy. thanks again amazon.com. is there anything you guys don't sell?:)
bread has always been the stapel of life. and i can see why when it is 100% wholesome grains and goodness. and i have to tell all reading, this bread, and the makers of this line of bread are the best. 90 years of bread making in my family. i got born in the age of electricity and bread machines. anything from hodgson mills is a winner. never had this barley bread before. . mentioned it to a friend and she said buy it. you will love it. , she was right. however as with the rest of this line they are generous with thier product and i find i have to add as much as 1/4 cup of water. (bread should be sticky after the first knead and second knead. so check it. ) i also add 1 teaspoon of honey or sugar (yeast gobbles up sugar) to proff the yeast. i also add 1/8 teaspoon more bread machine yeast to it. bake on 1. 5 loaf. light crust. i have a west bend bread machine that i also bought at amazon. com. this bread is substantial. hearty. slighty dense not as dense are rye. nutty and you can see the barley in the mix and when toasted this ia a graet crunchy chewy taste addition to morning coffee with nuttella or raspberry jam. i mashed a banana and put it on one half of toasted barley bread and nutella on the other half cut it in half and put it in seperate pags and it made for a great meal on the go as i traveld to va a 6 hours drive away. and the bread still stayed crunchy. thanks again amazon. com. is there anything you guys don't sell? :)