The dough was really easy to work with. I got good rises and a nice oven spring. I did cut back on the baking time by 5 minutes - with 10 minutes left, the top crusts looked dark, so I covered them with aluminium foil. I did take their internal temps when I took them out 5 minutes early and both showed over 200 degrees. So they were definitely done. It does have a very crumb and it does taste like white bread. The bread I am comparing it to is my Portugese Sweet Bread which is definitely the better bread (da da I am the winner!) I will have my husband and son try it tonight and get an unbiased opinion. The next bread I would like to try is in Julia Child's book, From Julia Child's Kitchen. Apparently, she met with a bread baker in French and translated several of his French recipes into English. The recipe that I want to try is called French Sandwich bread. You are supposed to bake it in a pullman bread loaf (a bread loaf pan with a top - makes square bread). I can't afford those, so I am going to improvise - just use my regular loaf pans and put a cookie sheet on top.
Stay tuned for further adventures!
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