Recipe: Banana Nut Muffins

Title: Banana-Nut Muffins
Categories: Dinner Breakfast Brunch Muffins Breads
Servings: 6

2 c Unbleached Flour, Sifted
3 t Baking Powder
1/2 t Salt
1/2 c Shortening
1 c Sugar
2 ea Large Eggs
1 1/3 c Mashed Ripe bananas (3 Med.)
1 c Chopped Walnuts

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
Cream together shrtening and sugar in bowl until light
and fluffy, using electric mixer at medium speed.
Beat in eggs, one at a time, blending well after each
addition. Stir in mashed bananas. Add dry ingredients
all at once, stirring just enough to moisten. Gently
mix in chopped nuts. Spoon batter into greased 3-inch
muffin-pan cups, filling 2/3rds full.
Bake in 350 degree F. oven 20 minutes or until golden
brown. Serve hot with homemade jam or jelly.