I have made this bread for YEARS and trust me, follow the recipe as written. I've experimented so much that you can trust this combination of ingredients makes the best bread. If you don't like nuts, you may omit the walnuts, but don't leave out anything else! This recipe makes two regular 9x5 loaves of bread. The recipe also will fill 3 regular aluminum loaf pans for gift giving or 24 (or more) regular size muffins. My preference is one regular loaf and 12 muffins.