Recipe: Maple Nut Muffins (Robin Hood Flour recipe, 1950's)

MAPLE NUT MUFFINS

2 cups sifted Robin Hood All-Purpose Flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup melted shortening (or vegetable oil)
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Sift dry ingredients together into bowl; set aside.

Combine liquid ingredients; add to dry ingredients, mixing only until all flour is moistened. Stir in nuts. Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full.

Bake in moderate hot oven (400 degrees F) for 18-20 minutes.

Makes 12 muffins
Source: Recipe flyer: Touch Your Menus with Magic by Using Robin Hood Flour, Rita Martin, 1950's