On 8 Dec 2005 10:40:44 -0800, "hutchndi" > wrote:

> Just a shot in the dark, but I had a real problem with loaf pans a
>while back, and after I got all stressed out about it, I found out that
>I was using quick bread pans for trying to bake recipes measured for
>bread. Quick bread pans (the ones most used for banana bread and such)
>seem just a bit bigger but make alot of difference. The bread rises to
>the top, you bake it, and it falls or gets a hollow crust. That was my
>experience anyways. I like my crust pretty um, crusty, so thats what I
>go for, so cant help with that....

Bingo!! Well, that seems address some of my problem.

The recipe does call for 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 pans. I'm using
9 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 pans.

Thanks.

Don R.