Anonymous Fri Oct 07 15:13:35 2005

1 c Amish Friendship starter

At room temperature

3 ea Eggs

2/3 c Vegetable oil

3 ts Vanilla

2 c Unbleached flour

1 c Granulated sugar

2 ts Baking powder

1-1/2 ts Ground cinnamon

1 ts Baking soda

1 ts Salt

1 c Nuts; chopped

2 md Apples;peeled,fine chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans. In a large bowl, beat together the starter, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Add flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; blend. Fold in the nuts and apples; transfer batter to prepared loaf pans. Bake 50 minutes and remove from the oven. Allow loaves to cool in pans 10 minutes, then tip out onto a rack to finish cooling completely. Note: To make 24 muffins, spoon into greased muffin tins and bake for 25 to 30 minutes Source: Oregonian FOODday; From