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This is a very tasty bread. However I think either the oven temperature or the cooking time is wrong in the recipe. My bread was overdone and I cooked it for 55 minutes after reading one of the reviews stating their bread was way over done after 65 minutes. <\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-05-28","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GreenCar"},"reviewBody":"I think this would have been delicious had the cooking time been MUCH less. 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