Title: Banana-nut muffins
 Categories: Muffins, Breakfast
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      2 c  Unbleached Flour, Sifted
      3 ts Baking Powder
    1/2 ts 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.