On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:32:38 -0800 (PST), Irina Paley
> wrote:

>I have a banana bread recipe that's served me pretty well. Today, I
>made it with two modifications. 1) I added 1/2 cup of oil instead of
>the 1/4 that the recipe calls for (this was by accident), and 2) I
>added about 2 cups of chopped walnuts to the recipe. The loaf seemed
>to come out Ok, but when I cut into it, completely fell apart. Even a
>thick slice doesn't hold together. Is this because of the extra oil,
>or the walnuts? Also, will refrigerating the loaf overnight remedy
>the problem?
>
Probably too many nuts. My DIL made a pumpkin roll with nuts on the
outside (baked on the bottom) and it cracked, but it didn't fall
apart.


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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West