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AMISH FRIENDSHIP APPLE NUT BREAD
Source: Heartland: The Best of the Old and the New from Midwest Kitchens by Marcia Adams

1 cup Amish friendship starter at room temperature
3 eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
3 tsp vanilla
2 cups unbleached flour
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup nuts; chopped
2 medium apples; peeled, finely 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