On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:37:35 -0000, "Nicky" >
wrote:

>
>"Siobhan Perricone" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On 16 Nov 2004 21:30:02 GMT, (Nan Eklund) wrote:
>>
>>>>I use walnuts, myself.
>>>
>>>Why not? Same process except for the brown husks which walnuts don't
>>>have.
>>>I would prefer almonds as I love the flavor and it goes so well with
>>>pumpkin.
>>
>> I love the way the walnuts taste with my pumpkin pie and my cheesecake,
>> since I have friends who don't like almonds, I haven't tried those.
>>
>> I just use plain ole walnuts. I grind up about four cups walnut halves in
>> the food processor until it resembles graham cracker crumbs. Then I
>> measure
>> out two cups of ground walnut
>
>Does the 4 cups of halves grind down to 2 cups of meal, or is there lots
>left over?

It grinds down to right around 2 cups, maybe a tich more. I use the tich
more to coat the inside of my springform pan like you would with graham
cracker crumbs.

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Siobhan Perricone
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