I'd never baked bread in my life. Lately, it was getting hard to get a reliably good wholemeal loaf where I live, so I asked my mum for a recipe and a method and she recommended this website and particularly, this recipe. She suggested I used 50% whole wheat flour and 50% bread flour instead, and gave me a few pointers which she got from the website. As I had a few hours to spare this morning, I pulled up this recipe and the blog post. I followed it almost to the letter (I only had a 9x5 pan), did everything by hand, and it turned out amazingly well for a first attempt - no holes and the bread rose beautifully. I am SO encouraged to continue baking - it's so empowering to be able to produce a loaf of bread! Thank you so much!

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